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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

May 22, 2014Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2014, 5:22 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2014, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2014, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

441 
WGUS51 KALY 222122
FFWALY
CTC005-NYC027-111-230315-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0002.140522T2122Z-140523T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
522 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...POUGHKEEPSIE...PAWLING...BEACON...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW PALTZ...KINGSTON...ELLENVILLE...
  SOUTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW MILFORD...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A  
  HALF. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH WOULD  
  BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.    

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAND
  VALLEY CAMPGROUND...PLATTEKILL...OLIVEBRIDGE...MOUNT TREMPER...
  MODENA...KENNETH L WILSON CAMPGROUND...GAYLORDSVILLE...WINGDALE...
  WEST SHOKAN...WAPPINGERS FALLS...WALLKILL...TILLSON...STAATSBURG...
  RED OAKS MILL...PORT EWEN...PLEASANT VALLEY...NAPANOCH...MYERS
  CORNER...MILLBROOK...MARLBORO...KERHONKSON...HYDE PARK...HURLEY...
  HIGHLAND...FAIRVIEW AND DOVER PLAINS

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 4158 7396 4161 7412 4158 7412 4159 7419
      4162 7426 4159 7437 4174 7458 4187 7447
      4202 7478 4215 7450 4156 7314 4150 7321
      4150 7331 4146 7331 4151 7339 4149 7345
      4166 7351 4152 7353 4149 7392 4144 7398

$$

1 follow-up statement

169 
WGUS71 KALY 230009
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
809 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

CTC005-NYC027-111-230014-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140523T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LITCHFIELD CT-ULSTER NY-DUTCHESS NY-
809 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN
DUTCHESS...ULSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTIES...

AFTER COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DUTCHESS...ULSTER...AND 
SOUTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED.  NO ROAD 
CLOSURES...WASHOUTS...OR FLASH FLOOD RELATED PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MAY BRING LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH OF 
RAINFALL TO SOME AREAS THIS EVENING. 

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 4158 7396 4161 7412 4158 7412 4159 7419
      4162 7426 4159 7437 4174 7458 4187 7447
      4202 7478 4215 7450 4156 7314 4150 7321
      4150 7331 4146 7331 4151 7339 4149 7345
      4166 7351 4152 7353 4149 7392 4144 7398

$$

TAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		52 min
May 22, 8:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	26 min
May 22, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	27 min
May 22, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	31 min
May 22, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	31 min
May 22, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	31 min
May 22, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	51 min
May 22, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	32 min
May 22, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga	39 min
May 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	27 min
May 22, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	24 min
May 22, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga	39 min
May 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	26 min
May 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	41 min
May 22, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	29 min
May 22, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	23 min
May 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	51 min
May 22, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	35 min
May 22, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	32 min
May 22, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	36 min
May 22, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	30 min
May 22, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	26 min
May 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	57 min
May 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	47 min
May 22, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	29 min
May 22, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	34 min
May 22, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	50 min
May 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	28 min
May 22, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.