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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Albany, NY

August 29, 2011Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 29, 2011, 7:34 AM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2011, 7:34 AM EDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hudson River near Waterford (WTFN6). The gauge peaked at 34.46 ft at Aug 29, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 33 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01335754, 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 29, 7:32 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:32 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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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, 8:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	7 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, 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

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2011 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.