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Flood Watch 6, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Dec 8, 2014, 4:44 AM EST for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It took effect at Dec 9, 2014, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2014, 4:44 AM EST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2014, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2014, 10:35 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Dec 8, 4:25 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 4:25 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 4:37 AM EST, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 437 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014 NYZ041-043-049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-083-084-091200- NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 437 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GLENS FALLS AND SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL REGION...TACONICS...AND MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COMPLEX AND SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN IN THE MORNING ON TUESDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. A LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCRETION...IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE TACONICS. IF THIS LOOKS TO OCCUR...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE AREA. WITH THE STORM LINGERING CLOSE TO THE AREA...SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>040-042-047-048-051-058-063-082-VTZ013>015- 091200- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN WARREN- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 437 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS OF EASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AND BERKSHIRES.. IF THIS LOOKS TO OCCUR...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE AREA. WITH THE STORM LINGERING CLOSE TO THE AREA...SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ001-013-091200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- 437 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. A COMPLEX AND SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN IN THE MORNING ON TUESDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCRETION...IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery and 7 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more | 62 hr |
Nearby
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.