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Flood Watch 6, NWS Albany, NY

December 8, 2014Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-12-08Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-12-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 4:48 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALYAlbany, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery and 7 more62 hr
Dec 8, 4:48 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more62 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 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.