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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albany, NY

June 14, 2013Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

897 
WGUS51 KALY 142127
FFWALY
NYC095-150015-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0014.130614T2127Z-130615T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 510 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORMS 
  OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY WITH WATER LEVELS INCREASING 
  ALONG THE COBLESKILL CREEK.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCHOHARIE
  JUNCTION...SLOANSVILLE...GROVENOR CORNERS...CARLISLE CENTER AND
  BECKER CORNERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE COBLESKILL CREEK. LOCATIONS ALONG 
THE CREEK INCLUDE HOWES CAVERN...COBLESKILL AND SCHOHARIE JUNCTION.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV...ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV OR TWITTER
@NWSALBANY.

&&

LAT...LON 4277 7444 4276 7429 4275 7431 4274 7429
      4272 7428 4269 7428 4263 7444

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038-039-041>043-048>054-059>061-
064>066-082>084-VTZ013>015-151100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ040-047-058-063-151100-
MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN
CATSKILLS...MONTGOMERY AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING. THIS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
411 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0254 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SCHOHARIE               42.67N  74.31W
06/14/2013                   SCHOHARIE          NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300199

BGM

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
412 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0259 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MIDDLEBURGH             42.60N  74.33W
06/14/2013                   SCHOHARIE          NY   PUBLIC

            ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300198

BGM

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:35 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
435 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0422 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E COBLESKILL          42.68N  74.47W
06/14/2013                   SCHOHARIE          NY   FACEBOOK

            ROADS CLOSED AT INTERSECTION OF NY ROUTE 7 AND
            BARNERVILLE ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300200

IRL

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
451 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0430 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SHARON SPRINGS          42.79N  74.62W
06/14/2013                   SCHOHARIE          NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300201

IRL

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:07 PM EDT, 20 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
Jun 13, 8:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Oneida	17 hr
Jun 13, 9:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Jun 13, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	11 hr
Jun 13, 11:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga	27 hr
Jun 13, 11:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	6 hr
Jun 14, 2:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	4 hr
Jun 14, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	39 min
Jun 14, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	39 min
Jun 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	65 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 14, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	26 min
Jun 14, 3:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 14, 3:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2013 Every flash flood warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.