Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Warren County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | French Mountain, NY | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON ROUTE 9 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825
WGUS51 KALY 012207
FFWALY
NYC113-020100-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0002.120801T2207Z-120802T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
607 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
BETWEEN WARRENSBURG AND LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM...AS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO FORM AND TRACK EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE AREA.
RUN OFF FROM RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS
BETWEEN AND INCLUDING WARRENSBURG...LAKE GEORGE AND BOLTON
LANDING. THIS INCLUDES A SECTION OF THE NORTHWAY INTERSTATE
87 BETWEEN EXITS 21 AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4341 7387 4340 7398 4358 7395 4360 7367
4360 7360 4351 7364 4335 7361 4334 7384
$$
NAS1 follow-up statement
851
WGUS71 KALY 020025
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
825 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
NYC113-020035-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120802T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NY-
825 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL WARREN
COUNTY...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED AND MUCH OF THE RAINFALL HAS RUN OFF.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV
LAT...LON 4341 7387 4340 7398 4358 7395 4360 7367
4360 7360 4351 7364 4335 7361 4334 7384
$$
NASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Warren | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.