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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Albany, NY

July 3, 2013Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 12:44 AM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Jul 3, 2013, 1:51 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2013, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2013, 1:51 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2013, 2:09 AM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Williams River near Rockingham (RKGV1). The gauge peaked at 7.07 ft at Jul 3, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01153550, 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 Jul 3, 12:18 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:18 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:08 AM EDT, 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
809 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2013

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

0809 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            VICHY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300324

IRL

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
821 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2013

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

0805 PM     FLASH FLOOD      QUAKER SPRINGS          43.04N  73.64W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            FITCH ROAD WASHED OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300325

IRL

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
822 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2013

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

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            CLINTON STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300326

IRL

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
917 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2013

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

1050 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HERKIMER                43.03N  74.99W
07/01/2013                   HERKIMER           NY   WTEN

            EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0721 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BALLSTON SPA            43.01N  73.85W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            SARATOGA AVENUE AT UNION STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLASH
            FLOODING.

0731 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   WNYT

            MANHOLE COVERS SPILLING OVER WITH 6 INCHES OF WATER DUE
            TO FLASH FLOODING.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROCK CITY FALLS         43.06N  73.92W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PARKHURST ROAD WASHED OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            CAROLINE STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            CLINTON STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0805 PM     FLASH FLOOD      QUAKER SPRINGS          43.04N  73.64W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            FITCH ROAD WASHED OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

0809 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            VICHY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300319 ALY1300320 ALY1300321 ALY1300322 ALY1300323
ALY1300326 ALY1300325 ALY1300324

IRL

Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1024 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2013

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

0843 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SARATOGA LAKE           43.03N  73.73W
07/02/2013                   SARATOGA           NY   FACEBOOK

            HOUSES UNDER WATER DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF FITCH ROAD AND NY 9P.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300327

IRL

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:48 PM EDT, 56 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
Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Washington	4 hr
Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Vermont, 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.