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Flood Watch 1, NWS Albany, NY

January 10, 201415 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Jan 10, 2014, 4:28 AM EST for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 11, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2014, 4:28 AM EST (09:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 12, 2014, 3:27 PM EST
In force
27 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 09:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 1:01 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess24 hr
Jan 10, 3:44 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more17 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2014Flood Watches in Vermont, 2014Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2014Every 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.