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River Flood Warning 118, NWS Albany, NY

August 29, 2011Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 29, 2011, 12:51 PM EDT for Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2011, 12:51 PM EDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2011, 7:06 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Herkimer County, NY, Oneida County, NY

The river

Written for the forecast point Mohawk River at Utica (UCAN6).

Action stage: 401 ft
Minor stage: 403 ft
Moderate stage: 405 ft
Major stage: 407 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01342602, 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, 12:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 12:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 12:21 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 29, 11:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1106 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2011

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

0950 AM     FLOOD            WATERVLIET              42.72N 73.71W
08/29/2011                   ALBANY             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EXIT 8 ON AND OFF RAMP CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE
            HUDSON RIVER.

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TWASULA

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, 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, 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.