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River Flood Warning 163, NWS Albany, NY

September 28, 2011Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Sep 28, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It took effect at Sep 28, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 28, 2011, 10:59 PM EDT
In force: 3 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 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rondout Creek at Rosendale (ROSN6). The gauge peaked at 18.18 ft at Sep 29, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01367500, 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 28, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
349 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038-039-041>043-053-054-060-061-065-
066-082>084-VTZ013>015-291100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
349 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK NOT
INCLUDING THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CATSKILLS AND CAPITAL REGION...AND
FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AND URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST...TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ040-047>052-058-059-063-064-291100-
MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
349 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...CAPITAL REGION...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM
SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 12:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 5:26 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:11 PM EDT, 8 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 28, 8:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	6 hr
Sep 28, 9:16 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ALY	Albany, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more	35 hr
Sep 28, 10:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	9 hr
Sep 28, 11:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	3 hr
Sep 28, 11:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Schoharie	6 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.