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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Albany, NY

June 13, 2013Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2013, 7:36 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jun 13, 2013, 10:09 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2013, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2013, 10:09 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2013, 10:31 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Housatonic River at Falls Village (FLVC3). The gauge peaked at 8.75 ft at Jun 14, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01199000, 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 Jun 13, 4:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 4:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:36 PM EDT, 3 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
436 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

NYZ032-033-041>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-141100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
436 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE
GEORGE AND SARATOGA REGION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-141100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-
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-
436 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID
HUDSON VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES AND
LITCHFIELD COUNTY

.DAY ONE...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.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 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, 10:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 13, 12:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 13, 1:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 13, 3:59 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery	12 hr
Jun 13, 4:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	67 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2013 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.