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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Albany, NY

November 27, 2013Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Nov 27, 2013, 1:23 PM EST for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 27, 2013, 2:32 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 2013, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 27, 2013, 2:32 PM EST
Expired: Nov 27, 2013, 5:18 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Still River at Brookfield (BKFC3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01201487, 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 Nov 26, 6:45 PM EST, 18 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 6:45 PM EST, 18 hours 38 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
Nov 27, 4:49 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	6 hr
Nov 27, 10:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer, Ulster, Washington	4 hr
Nov 27, 3:48 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	ALY	Herkimer	29 hr
Nov 27, 5:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	6 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.