Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2011, 8:51 AM EDT for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; 6 counties in New York. It was in force for 6 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2011, 8:51 AM EDT (12:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:35 AM EDT | FLOOD | Guilford, VT | ROAD FLOODING AT CENTER ROAD, CANDEL RD, STATE ROCK RD. |
| Aug 28, 11:35 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Guilford, VT | ROAD FLOODING AT CENTER ROAD, CANDEL RD, STATE ROCK RD. |
| Aug 28, 11:50 AM EDT | FLOOD | Clifton Park, NY | RTE 146A CLOSED BETWEEN STRAFFORD DRIVE AND NOTINGHAM WAY SOUTH. |
| Aug 28, 11:50 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clifton Park, NY | RTE 146A CLOSED BETWEEN STRAFFORD DRIVE AND NOTINGHAM WAY SOUTH. |
| Aug 28, 12:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Caroga Lake, NY | CULVERT AND 60FT OF FISHER ROAD WASHED OUT. |
| Aug 28, 12:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ne Fonda, NY | CULVERT WASHED OUT ON MALONEY ROAD. |
| Aug 28, 12:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Delanson, NY | ROUTE 30 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 28, 1:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Salem, NY | ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 28, 2:38 PM EDT | FLOOD | Buskirk, NY | COUNTY RTE 103 FLOODED APPROXIMATELY 0.9 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION WITH NYS 67. |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM EDT | FLOOD | Bennington, VT | RTE 9 CLOSED FROM BENNINGTON TO BRATTLEBORO...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG THIS STRETCH. |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bennington, VT | RTE 9 CLOSED FROM BENNINGTON TO BRATTLEBORO...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG THIS STRETCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 805 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1072 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913
WGUS51 KALY 281251
FFWALY
NYC035-057-083-091-093-115-VTC003-025-281845-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0031.110828T1251Z-110828T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
851 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TROY...RENSSELAER...NASSAU...HOOSICK
FALLS...EAST GREENBUSH...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...MECHANICVILLE...
CLIFTON PARK...
SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTIA...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALEM...
FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...GLOVERSVILLE...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FONDA...CANAJOHARIE...AMSTERDAM...
BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...BENNINGTON...
ARLINGTON...
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TOWNSHEND...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY...
BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT SUNDAY
* AT 842 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED
WITH HURRICANE IRENE WHICH HAD ALREADY PRODUCED ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO NORTHAMPTON BEACH PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC
CAMPGROUND...STRATFORD...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GREENWICH...FORT
EDWARD...EDINBURG...CRANBERRY CREEK...CORINTH...
CAROGA LAKE...SAXTONS RIVER...MANCHESTER CENTER AND DORSET
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4301 7246 4288 7257 4274 7247 4275 7326
4251 7336 4248 7379 4275 7368 4282 7373
4271 7422 4275 7431 4279 7426 4277 7446
4286 7477 4322 7470 4327 7383 4322 7376
4328 7371 4331 7299 4323 7270 4324 7245
$$
GJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 20 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 21 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 17 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 11 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 21 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 17 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 23 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Schoharie | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 64 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 33 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 29 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 13 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 38 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 20 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 20 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 38 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 32 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 41 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia | 23 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie | 48 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 16 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 35 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 33 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 48 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 43 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 42 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 34 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 34 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 14 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 22 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.