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River Flood Warning 168, NWS Albany, NY

September 29, 2011Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Sep 29, 2011, 10:03 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 29, 2011, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2011, 4:19 AM EDT
In force: 6 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 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Esopus Creek at Ashokan Reservoir East (ASEN6).

Action stage: 587.1 ft
Minor stage: 589 ft
Moderate stage: 590 ft
Major stage: 591 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 29, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 8:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
409 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

NYZ041-050-083-292100-
SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
409 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUND LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
NORTH OF CLIFTON PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILTON BY 415 PM EDT
SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 425 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4325 7360 4321 7358 4317 7359 4315 7358
      4313 7359 4288 7374 4294 7395 4329 7378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 204DEG 22KT 4297 7382

Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ053-054-060-061-066-VTZ013-292115-
BENNINGTON VT-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-
EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
415 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...
AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CENTER BRUNSWICK TO AVERILL PARK TO NASSAU TO CHATHAM TO
PHILMONT TO COPAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
STEPHENTOWN...GRAFTON AND AUSTERLITZ BY 425 PM EDT
SHEFFIELD...ASHLEY FALLS...NEW LEBANON AND BERLIN BY 430 PM EDT
CANAAN...HOUSATONIC AND HANCOCK BY 435 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4253 7306 4222 7310 4203 7303 4203 7366
      4222 7373 4253 7370 4262 7365 4282 7366
      4286 7368 4286 7304 4262 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 270DEG 32KT 4277 7355 4262 7351
          4253 7357 4238 7357 4222 7360 4212 7354

Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 29, 5:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 29, 5:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 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 30, 1:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	4 hr
Sep 30, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	28 min
Sep 30, 7:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	100 min

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.