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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

June 25, 2014Bennington County, Vermont; Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2014, 5:27 PM EDT for Bennington County, Vermont; Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2014, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2014, 11:11 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 5:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Valley Falls, NY	GROUND ERODED UNDER PORTION OF A HOUSE ON NORTH STREET
Jun 25, 6:00 PM EDT	FLOOD	1 E Flagler Corners, NY	SOUTHBOUND LEFT LANE CLOSED SOUTH OF EXIT 9 TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK
Jun 25, 6:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Flagler Corners, NY	SOUTHBOUND LEFT LANE CLOSED SOUTH OF EXIT 9 TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK
Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Schaghticoke, NY	RIVER ROAD FLOODED BETWEEN PINEWOODS AND ALLEN ROADS AS WELL AS FLOODING OF HANSEN ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

483 
WGUS51 KALY 252127
FFWALY
NYC083-091-115-VTC003-260115-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0013.140625T2127Z-140626T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
527 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOOSICK FALLS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALEM...
  WESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...BENNINGTON...
  ARLINGTON...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 520 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MECHANICVILLE AREA AROUND MAIN  
  STREET AND ROUTE 4. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 1 TO 2       
  INCHES PER HOUR WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN         
  SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN RENSSELAER AND           
  BENNINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER ON    
  ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING    
  AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHAFTSBURY...GREENWICH...CAMBRIDGE...MANCHESTER CENTER AND DORSET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 4293 7384 4312 7365 4329 7301 4278 7305
      4274 7364 4286 7373 4278 7382

$$

NAS

3 follow-up statements

748 
WGUS71 KALY 252245
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
645 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

NYC083-091-115-VTC003-260115-
/O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140626T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENNINGTON VT-WASHINGTON NY-RENSSELAER NY-SARATOGA NY-
645 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA...NORTHERN RENSSELAER...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND
WESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 641 PM EDT...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE AREA. 
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA ALREADY...AND AN 
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH 8 PM. SOME 
LANE RESTRICTIONS ARE OCCURRING ON THE NORTHWAY IN CLIFTON PARK AND 
WATER IS STILL ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS AROUND MECHANICVILLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAFTSBURY...
SALEM...ROUND LAKE...GREENWICH...CAMBRIDGE...MANCHESTER CENTER...
MANCHESTER...DORSET AND ARLINGTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 4293 7384 4312 7365 4329 7301 4278 7305
      4274 7364 4286 7373 4278 7382

$$

NAS

567 
WGUS51 KALY 260042
FFWALY
NYC083-091-115-VTC003-260415-
/O.EXT.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140626T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
842 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOOSICK FALLS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALEM...
  WESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...BENNINGTON...
  ARLINGTON...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 838 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHAFTSBURY...ROUND LAKE...GREENWICH...CAMBRIDGE...MANCHESTER CENTER
  AND DORSET. IN THE TOWN OF MECHANICVILLE...CENTRAL AVENUE AND      
  SOUTH MAIN STREET ARE CLOSED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 4293 7384 4312 7365 4329 7301 4278 7305
      4274 7364 4286 7373 4278 7382

$$

NAS/BGM

910 
WGUS71 KALY 260311
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1111 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

NYC083-091-115-VTC003-260316-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140626T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENNINGTON VT-WASHINGTON NY-RENSSELAER NY-SARATOGA NY-
1111 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SARATOGA...NORTHERN RENSSELAER...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN
BENNINGTON COUNTIES...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED WATER LEVELS ARE 
SLOWLY DIMINISHING.  RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING 
REPORTS AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

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 4293 7384 4312 7365 4329 7301 4278 7305
      4274 7364 4286 7373 4278 7382

$$

BGM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	35 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	41 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington	60 min
Jun 25, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Windham	4 hr
Jun 25, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington	56 min
Jun 25, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	51 min
Jun 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Bennington, Windham	8 hr
Jun 25, 4:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady and 2 more	14 hr
Jun 25, 1:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 25, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	37 min
Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and 1 more	53 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	3 hr
Jun 25, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	43 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	4 hr
Jun 25, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	54 min
Jun 25, 6:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	4 hr
Jun 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	76 min
Jun 25, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	37 min
Jun 25, 7:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Oneida	41 hr
Jun 25, 7:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2014 Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

Sources

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