Alert archive / New York / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 11, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at May 2, 2011, 3:48 PM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at May 3, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2011, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2011, 3:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 2, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2011 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-031100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 415 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY STALL NEAR THE REGION WITH WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR WORSEN ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE UPPER MOHAWK AND ADIRONDACK RIVER BASINS. IF THE THREAT OF FLOODING BECOMES MORE CERTAIN...A FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 49 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.