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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 3, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 11:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 3, 1:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 950 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-040200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 950 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IF THE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. IF THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING INCREASES...THEN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE NEEDED. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Ulster | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 7:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Vermont, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2014Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.