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River Flood Warning 160, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 2011Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2011, 11:46 AM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2011, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2011, 10:56 PM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rondout Creek at Rondout Rsvr (RONN6).

Action stage: 840 ft
Minor stage: 841 ft
Moderate stage: 842 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Sep 8, 10:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 10:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:17 AM EDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
517 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-091100-
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-
517 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REPORT ANY
FLOODING OR RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
TELEPHONE...OR THE INTERNET VIA OUR SPOTTER REPORT FORM OR OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 6:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
650 AM EDT THU SEP 08 2011

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

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KINGSTON                41.93N 74.00W
09/08/2011                   ULSTER             NY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED COUNTY-WIDE.

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HUNTER                  42.21N 74.22W
09/08/2011                   GREENE             NY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED COUNTY-WIDE.

&&

JPV

Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 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
Sep 7, 11:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	33 hr
Sep 7, 11:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	10 hr
Sep 7, 11:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	6 hr
Sep 8, 12:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	8 hr
Sep 8, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	6 hr
Sep 8, 12:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	10 hr
Sep 8, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	6 hr
Sep 8, 2:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	6 hr
Sep 8, 3:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene	6 hr
Sep 8, 4:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	8 hr
Sep 8, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	9 hr
Sep 8, 4:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	8 hr
Sep 8, 4:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	22 hr
Sep 8, 5:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie	6 hr
Sep 8, 6:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	31 hr
Sep 8, 7:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Sep 8, 7:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Sep 8, 8:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Sep 8, 8:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	4 hr
Sep 8, 9:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	7 hr
Sep 8, 12:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	12 hr
Sep 8, 1:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	12 hr
Sep 8, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	6 hr
Sep 8, 7:59 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	29 hr
Sep 8, 6:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	3 hr
Sep 8, 3:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	10 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.