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Flood Watch 3, NWS Albany, NY

April 14, 20148 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Apr 14, 2014, 3:57 AM EDT for 8 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2014, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2014, 9:29 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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.

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 Apr 13, 7:53 PM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 7:53 PM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:17 PM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
417 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2014

NYZ032-033-038-041>043-082>084-VTZ013-014-141100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
417 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADIRONDACKS...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK AS WELL THE SOUTHERN GREENS OF VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A SLOW MOVING STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BAND OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR AN INCH OR BETTER OF RAINFALL WHICH
COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOW MELT...COULD ADD A LOT MORE ADDITIONAL
RUNOFF TO RIVERS AND STREAMS.

THE RESULT IS THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MODERATE OR GREATER FLOODING
IN SOME AREAS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN AND SNOW MELT OCCUR. ALL
INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROBABILITIES FOR MODERATE OR GREATER
FLOODING...WHICH MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE...BASED ON NEW DATA
THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039-040-047>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ015-
141100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
417 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...
EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 4:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Warren64 hr
Apr 14, 4:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida70 hr
Apr 14, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer57 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.