Alert archive / New York / Flood Watches in 2014
Flood Watch 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Mar 28, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 29, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2014, 6:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209 WGUS61 KALY 281919 FFAALY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 319 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-291100- /O.NEW.KALY.FA.A.0002.140330T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 319 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES EAST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE EXITING BY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 40S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ALLOWING SNOW MELT TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE CAPITAL REGION NORTH AND WEST...AND TWO TO THREE INCHES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THIS RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES WITH SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. * WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND BREAK UP FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ICE JAM FLOODING WOULD HAVE ITS GREATEST THREAT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
9 follow-up statements
146 WGUS61 KALY 290837 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 437 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-292100- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.140330T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 437 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INCLUDING THE SARATOGA AND GLENS FALLS AREAS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...TACONICS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH BRINGING A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S TODAY. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. THE ICE JAM FLOODING THREAT WILL BE AT ITS GREATEST LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
964 WGUS61 KALY 292024 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 424 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-300430- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.140330T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 424 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN ALBANY...EASTERN COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS... EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN RENSSELAER...EASTERN SCHENECTADY... EASTERN ULSTER...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN FULTON... NORTHERN SARATOGA...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SCHOHARIE... SOUTHEAST WARREN...SOUTHERN FULTON...SOUTHERN HERKIMER... SOUTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALBANY... WESTERN COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE...WESTERN RENSSELAER...WESTERN SCHENECTADY AND WESTERN ULSTER. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON...EASTERN WINDHAM AND WESTERN WINDHAM. * FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH BRINGING A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S TODAY. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. THE ICE JAM FLOODING THREAT WILL BE AT ITS GREATEST LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
984 WGUS61 KALY 300250 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1050 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-301115- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1050 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INCLUDING THE SARATOGA AND GLENS FALLS AREAS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...TACONICS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH BRINGING A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THE WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS PARTICULARLY TO THE EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
319 WGUS61 KALY 300837 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 437 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-302200- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 437 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INCLUDING THE SARATOGA AND GLENS FALLS AREAS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...TACONICS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * STEADY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS TAPERED OFF TO AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS FOR DURING THE DAY TODAY. RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNING/S RAINFALL HAS LED TO SHARP RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THE WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS...PARTICULARLY TO THE EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
261 WGUS61 KALY 301858 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 258 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-311000- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 258 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN ALBANY...EASTERN COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS... EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN RENSSELAER...EASTERN SCHENECTADY... EASTERN ULSTER...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN FULTON... NORTHERN SARATOGA...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SCHOHARIE... SOUTHEAST WARREN...SOUTHERN FULTON...SOUTHERN HERKIMER... SOUTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALBANY... WESTERN COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE...WESTERN RENSSELAER...WESTERN SCHENECTADY AND WESTERN ULSTER. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON...EASTERN WINDHAM AND WESTERN WINDHAM. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RUNOFF FROM SUNDAYS RAINFALL HAS LED TO SHARP RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THE WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS... PARTICULARLY TO THE EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
487 WGUS61 KALY 310252 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1052 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-311200- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1052 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD COUNTY. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE BERKSHIRES. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE CAPITAL REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...THE CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND TACONICS. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE SOUTHERN GREENS AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY * RUNOFF FROM SUNDAYS RAINFALL HAS LED TO SHARP RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT HAS OCCURRED DUE TO THE WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS... PARTICULARLY TO THE EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. ALSO...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THE SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
058 WGUS61 KALY 310540 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 140 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-311200- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 140 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INCLUDING THE SARATOGA AND GLENS FALLS AREAS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...TACONICS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * SHARP RISES HAVE OCCURRED ON RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING AS A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT OVER THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND OF EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT EARLY THIS MORNING RESULTING IN MORE RUNOFF. * THERE IS STILL THE CHANCE FOR ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
567 WGUS61 KALY 310809 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 409 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 NYZ038>041-043-047>053-058>060-063>065-082>084-310915- /O.CAN.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE... DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA... MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON... NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...NORTHVILLE... MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH 409 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INCLUDING THE SARATOGA AND GLENS FALLS AREAS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...AND THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS. THE STEADY PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THIS AREA AND MANY RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE CRESTING OR HAVE CRESTED. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-066-VTZ013>015-311200- /O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM...PAWLING... DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON... BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 409 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE TACONICS...BERKSHIRES... LITCHFIELD HILLS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * SHARP RISES HAVE OCCURRED ON RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING AS A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * THERE IS STILL THE CHANCE FOR ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE BREAK UP LEADING TO ICE JAM FLOODING ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
574 WGUS61 KALY 311028 FFAALY FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 628 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-066-VTZ013>015-311130- /O.CAN.KALY.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM...PAWLING... DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON... BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 628 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Mar 28, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 129 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 .SYNOPSIS... IN THE WAKE OF A WARM FRONT....MAINLY LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA. RAIN SHOULD END DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM/S COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND OR WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1230 PM EDT...OUTSIDE OF A FEW ISOLATED SPOTS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING...ALL AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT WAS STILL UPSTREAM ACROSS MI/OH AND WILL TRACK TOWARD THE REGION. THE MAIN THRUST OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS INDICATED BY THE RUC/HRRR...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT APPROACHING. SO WE WILL KEEP POPS RATHER HIGH AND SLOWLY TAPER THOSE VALUES OFF TOWARD LATE IN THE DAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...DID SLOW DOWN THE DIURNAL RANGE A BIT BUT STILL EXPECTING TO ACHIEVE HIGHS NEAR 50F FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND MAINLY 40S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES WESTERLY. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS FIRST. SOME LIMITED CLEARING IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA. HOWEVER...THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND A POTENT DISTURBANCE WILL START TO EMERGE FROM THE SOUTHERN CONUS BY SATURDAY MORNING. SO THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH OR HOW LONG ANY CLEARING TAKES PLACE. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AND THICKEN SATURDAY...AS THE DISTURBANCE ALOFT STARTS TO CLOSE OFF AT 500 MB WHICH WILL ALLOW A SURFACE WAVE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OLD STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED TO OUR SOUTH. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE IN THE DAY...AS THE 00Z GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING ONSET OF PRECIP. WILL MENTION DRY CONDITIONS SATURDAY MORNING...BUT WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO CLOUDS/PRECIP AND A DEVELOPING NORTHERLY WIND...TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY WARM INTO THE 40S IN MOST AREAS. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY IS WHEN THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEPENING CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS IT TRACKS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE SPREAD IN MODEL GUIDANCE REGARDING THE TRACK/INTENSITY OF THE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...WHICH HAS MAJOR IMPLICATIONS ON QPF AMOUNTS AND THE THERMAL PROFILE. THE GFS IS DEPICTING A VERY HEAVY PRECIP EVENT...WHILE THE ECMWF/CMC/NAM WERE SLIGHTLY TEMPERED COMPARED TO THE GFS BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT. THE 00Z GEFS MEAN SHOWED A HIGH PROBABILITY OF GREATER THAN AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH A STRONG SIGNAL FOR GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA. THERMAL PROFILES ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...AS THE 00Z GFS WAS ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE ENVELOP WHILE THE NAM WAS MUCH COLDER. THE ECMWF WAS WARMER COMPARED TO THE NAM. LEANED TOWARDS THE WARMER SOLUTIONS IN GENERAL...BUT ALSO FOLLOWED DIURNAL TRENDS FOR COLDER LOW LEVEL TEMPS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH WOULD IMPLY SOME SORT OF A WINTRY MIX OR SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE ADIRONDACK ZONES...BUT AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. DEPENDING ON THE THERMAL PROFILE AND POTENTIAL WARM NOSE SIGNATURE...EVEN MIXED PRECIP IS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN IS A THREAT AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST 2/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA. THERE ARE INCREASING CONCERNS FOR HYDRO ISSUES...PLEASE REFER TO HYDRO DISCUSSION BELOW FOR DETAILS. NO HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NOW...BUT POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCHES AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE CONFIDENCE LEVELS INCREASE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...A CUTOFF LOW AND ATTENDANT SURFACE WAVE WILL SLOWLY BE DRIFTING EASTWARD OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AS UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING ATTEMPTS TO BUILD IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE LONG RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE HANDLING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE WAVE. MOST MODELS NOW SUGGEST PCPN LINGERING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY AREAS SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY. EARLY SUNDAY EVENING LIKELY POPS ARE STILL FORECAST OVER THE SE HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH CHANCE POPS NORTHWEST. THE POPS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE REGION...AROUND 20 PERCENT OVER THE CENTRAL THIRD...AND DRY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD. FOR MONDAY AFTN MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST IN ALL AREAS. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S...AND IF STEADY PCPN DOES LINGER WELL INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD BE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. A NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER MONDAY NIGHT INTO MOST OF TUESDAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN QUEBEC (WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER) TUESDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION AND HAVE FORECAST POPS OF 25 TO 40 PERCENT..WITH THE HIGHEST POPS NORTH. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND 30S. MAINLY FAIR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. THE FAIR WEATHER MAY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...BUT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...AND HAVE FORECAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION...AN AREA OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. WITHIN THIS RAINFALL...FLYING CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE MVFR...BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CIGS/VSBYS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR KGFL/KPSF/KALB THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THIS WITH A TEMPO GROUP. SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 KTS...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS FOR KALB...AS AIR IS FUNNELED UP THE HUDSON VALLEY. THE THREAT FOR RAINFALL WILL END THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. FLYING CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE MVFR FOR A FEW HOURS DUE TO LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE KEEPING CIGS AROUND 1-3 KFT. BY LATER TONIGHT...A DRIER W-NW FLOW AT 5-10 KTS WILL ALLOW FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN WITH JUST SOME REMAINING SCT CLOUDS AROUND. LIGHT N-NE WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR SATURDAY MORNING WITH NO PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS A STORM ORGANIZES OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. SOME RAIN WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTN HOURS...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS /MAINLY DUE TO VSBYS/ EXPECTED. OUTLOOK... SATURDAY AFTN: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY RA. SATURDAY NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. DEFINITE RA...SLEET. SUNDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. BREEZY. DEFINITE RA. SUNDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. BREEZY. CHANCE OF SHRA...SHSN. MONDAY: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA. MONDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER RELATED ISSUES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA IS SNOW COVERED EXCEPT FOR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. ALSO...THE PATTERN WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSETTLED WITH ONE SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN TODAY. THEN A STRONGER COASTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .HYDROLOGY... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR HYDROLOGIC ISSUES...INCLUDING RIVER ICE BREAK UP AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...OVER THE WEEKEND. A WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A WINTRY MIX ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS BEFORE CHANGING TO A PLAIN RAIN BY MID MORNING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING LATE IN THE DAY WILL ALLOW FOR MAINLY LIGHT RAIN TO CONTINUE EVERYWHERE THROUGH THE DAY. QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHEST FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION...WITH OVER A HALF INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIP ACROSS THE WESTERN/SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND UPPER MOHAWK BASIN. AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE FARTHER SOUTH...WITH ONLY A TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL REGION...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. THIS PRECIPITATION MAY ALLOW FOR SOME SMALL RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS...BUT DOESN/T LOOK TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING. RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS SHOULD BE ABSORBED BY THE EXISTING SNOWPACK. DESPITE TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 40S DURING THE DAY...IT DOESN/T LOOK TO BE A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF RAINFALL OR WARMTH TO BREAK UP RIVER ICE ON LARGER RIVERS AND STREAMS. HOWEVER...SOME ICE MAY BEGIN TO LET GO ON SMALLER CREEKS OR STREAMS...WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR POTENTIAL SMALL ICE JAMS. ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS FROM THE CAPITAL REGION SOUTH AND EAST...WITH SOME MODELS SHOWING ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE REGION. WHILE MUCH OF THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAINFALL...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PRECIP TO CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OR SNOWFALL BEFORE ENDING...MAINLY FOR NORTHERN AND HIGH TERRAIN AREAS. ALTHOUGH CURRENT NERFC RIVER FORECASTS DO NOT SHOW ANY FLOODING JUST YET...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RISES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HOUSATONIC BASIN...AND SUBSEQUENT RIVER ELEVATION FORECASTS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED IF THE LATEST TRENDS IN MODEL GUIDANCE ARE CORRECT. ALTHOUGH QPF AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...THE CURRENT MODEL PREDICTED RAINFALL...INCLUDING THE BULK OF THE GEFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS...MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ICE TO BREAK UP ON LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS AS WELL...WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE ICE JAMS IN SOME LOCATIONS. WITH THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...SOME MINOR URBAN...LOW LYING...AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR AS WELL. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE ISSUES WOULD BE FROM THE MOHAWK BASIN SOUTH AND EAST. DRIER WEATHER LOOKS TO RETURN FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO SLOWLY RECEDE. FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRUGIS/JPV NEAR TERM...FRUGIS/BGM/JPV SHORT TERM...JPV LONG TERM...GJM AVIATION...FRUGIS FIRE WEATHER...JPV HYDROLOGY...FRUGIS/JPV
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 10:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1007 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 NYZ032-033-041>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-291100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 1007 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAINFALL...IT MAY CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OR SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE BREAK UP OF ICE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-291100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- 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- 1007 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...HELDERBERGS...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. A TRANSITION TO WINTRY PRECIPITATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE BREAK UP OF ICE ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS. IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 10:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1000 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-054-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015- 281600- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... ALTAMONT...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1000 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING...A FEW POCKETS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...HELDERBERGS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND NORTHERN TACONICS. THIS IS MAINLY OCCURRING IN SHELTERED MOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATIONS. BY NOON...ALL AREAS SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING...ENDING THE THREAT FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION. ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY ALLOW FOR SLIPPERY SURFACES...ESPECIALLY PARKING LOTS...DRIVEWAYS...WALKWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL IF OUT THIS MORNING...AS ANY ICE MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE. FRUGIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 14 hr |
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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.