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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Albany, NY

June 28, 2013Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jun 28, 2013, 5:43 AM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Jun 28, 2013, 6:06 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2013, 5:43 AM EDT (09:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2013, 6:06 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 12:35 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Moderate

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge (KASN6). The gauge peaked at 9.00 ft at Jun 28, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01346000, 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 28, 5:00 AM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 5:00 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:21 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1150 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-280430-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-
WESTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-
EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-
1150 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND
50 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAKE KATRINE...OR ABOUT OVER SAUGERTIES...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIVINGSTON BY 1155 PM EDT
CLAVERACK BY MIDNIGHT EDT
PHILMONT BY 1205 AM EDT
AUSTERLITZ BY 1210 AM EDT
NEW LEBANON AND LENOX BY 1220 AM EDT
PITTSFIELD AND HANCOCK BY 1225 AM EDT

RAINFALL RATES UP TO THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4182 7406 4233 7438 4244 7400 4251 7336
      4265 7330 4273 7302 4241 7299 4238 7302
      4237 7306 4233 7306 4231 7299 4225 7299
      4214 7307 4209 7307 4204 7305 4204 7300
      4197 7302 4197 7298 4180 7298 4178 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 226DEG 36KT 4204 7389

TAW

Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:51 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:17 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:18 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:21 AM EDT, 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 27, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton, Warren	52 min
Jun 27, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	3 hr
Jun 27, 11:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Jun 27, 11:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	4 hr
Jun 27, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Greene	40 min
Jun 28, 12:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	12 hr
Jun 28, 12:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	6 hr
Jun 28, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Washington	6 hr
Jun 28, 2:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 28, 4:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida	17 hr
Jun 28, 5:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning Emergency	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	12 hr
Jun 28, 6:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery	14 hr
Jun 28, 8:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Warren, Washington	6 hr
Jun 28, 12:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	6 hr
Jun 28, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	54 min
Jun 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	58 min
Jun 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	57 min
Jun 28, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	36 min
Jun 28, 5:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany	3 hr
Jun 28, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	44 min
Jun 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	56 min
Jun 28, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	57 min
Jun 28, 7:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	59 min
Jun 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	63 min
Jun 28, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		65 min
Jun 28, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		35 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.