Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Herkimer County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952
WGUS51 KALY 272226
FFWALY
NYC043-280415-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0046.110927T2226Z-110928T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
626 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER
COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN HILLY TERRAIN.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLAND...
OHIO...NORTHWOOD...NEWPORT...MOHAWK...MIDDLEVILLE...FRANKFORT AND
COLD BROOK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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 4322 7508 4326 7516 4330 7515 4334 7509
4336 7508 4334 7487 4291 7488 4282 7490
4290 7509 4285 7514 4286 7522 4292 7521
4306 7522
$$2 follow-up statements
607
WGUS71 KALY 272250
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
650 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011
NYC043-280415-
/O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110928T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HERKIMER NY-
650 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY...
AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
HERKIMER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN HILLY TERRAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLAND...
OHIO...NORTHWOOD...NEWPORT...MIDDLEVILLE AND COLD BROOK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV
&&
LAT...LON 4322 7508 4326 7516 4330 7515 4334 7509
4336 7508 4334 7487 4291 7488 4282 7490
4290 7509 4285 7514 4286 7522 4292 7521
4306 7522
$$455
WGUS71 KALY 280408
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1208 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
NYC043-280417-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110928T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HERKIMER NY-
1208 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 4322 7508 4326 7516 4330 7515 4334 7509
4336 7508 4334 7487 4291 7488 4282 7490
4290 7509 4285 7514 4286 7522 4292 7521
4306 7522
$$
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Sources
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.