Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Sep 4, 2011, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The Albany radar (KENX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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304 
WGUS51 KALY 050012
FFWALY
NYC115-VTC003-025-050415-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0038.110905T0012Z-110905T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
812 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  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 1215 AM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER
  PORTIONS OF BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHAFTSBURY...WILMINGTON...WESTMINSTER...WEST WARDSBORO...SAXTONS
  RIVER...PUTNEY...NEWFANE...MANCHESTER CENTER AND DORSET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
BETWEEN 815 PM AND 1000 PM IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

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 4306 7246 4300 7244 4297 7247 4296 7252
      4290 7252 4288 7255 4281 7254 4276 7247
      4273 7246 4274 7327 4331 7326 4329 7281
      4326 7281 4323 7270 4324 7243 4315 7245
      4308 7243

$$

GJM

946 
WGUS71 KALY 050417
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1217 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

NYC115-VTC003-025-050427-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110905T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENNINGTON VT-WASHINGTON NY-WINDHAM VT-
1217 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WINDHAM...EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES...

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 4306 7246 4300 7244 4297 7247 4296 7252
      4290 7252 4288 7255 4281 7254 4276 7247
      4273 7246 4274 7327 4331 7326 4329 7281
      4326 7281 4323 7270 4324 7243 4315 7245
      4308 7243

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.