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River Flood Warning 114, NWS Albany, NY

August 28, 2011Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 28, 2011, 8:58 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It took effect at Aug 28, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2011, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 28, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 29, 2011, 3:52 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Hamilton County, NY

The river

Written for the forecast point Sacandaga River at Hope (HOPN6). The gauge peaked at 7.13 ft at Aug 29, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01321000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 3:52 AM EDT, 17 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
352 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-291100-
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-
352 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF THE SKYWARN NET IS REQUESTED FOR ALL COUNTIES AT
THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 4:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RUTLAND                 43.61N 72.98W
08/28/2011                   RUTLAND            VT   PUBLIC

            OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER THAT FOLLOWS RTE 4 FROM RUTLAND, VT TO
            WOODSTOCK, VT IS OVER ITS BANKS AND FLOODING BUSINESSES
            IN WEST WOODSTOCK.

&&

HEA

Local storm report, Aug 28, 4:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
429 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0427 PM     FLOOD            AVERILL PARK            42.63N 73.55W
08/28/2011                   RENSSELAER         NY   PUBLIC

            WYANTSKILL CREEK OVERFLOWING BANKS, SPILLING ONTO THAIS
            RD AT INTERSECTION OF SPRINGER.

&&

HEA

Local storm report, Aug 28, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
545 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     FLOOD            CATSKILL                42.21N  73.87W
08/28/2011                   GREENE             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER...PORTION OF RTE 9W CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING - BRIDGE CLOSED OVER CATSKILL CREEK

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1100003

ELH

Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
654 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0652 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CLARKSVILLE             42.57N 73.96W
08/28/2011                   ALBANY             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** WOMAN WASHED INTO ONESQUEATHAW CREEK AND
            KILLED. TIME IS NOT TIME OF FATILITY...BUT TIME OF
            REPORT. TIME OF FATILITY NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

&&

ROKEEFE

Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
657 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOHAWK                  43.01N 75.01W
08/28/2011                   HERKIMER           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FULMER CREEK CAME OUT OF ITS BANK ON THE EAST SIDE OF
            ROUTE 28 BRIDGE

&&

Local storm report, Aug 28, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
754 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0651 PM     FLOOD            LAKE GEORGE             43.43N 73.71W
08/28/2011                   WARREN             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PART OF ROUTE 9N BUCKLED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

HJOHNSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 8:34 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	11 hr
Aug 28, 9:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	12 hr
Aug 28, 9:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Schoharie	12 hr
Aug 28, 9:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	58 hr
Aug 28, 10:23 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga	45 hr
Aug 28, 10:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	18 hr
Aug 29, 7:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga	13 hr
Aug 29, 8:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Schoharie	6 hr
Aug 29, 12:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	18 hr
Aug 29, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	18 hr

Nearby

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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 gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.