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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Albany, NY

April 14, 2014Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 10:11 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2014, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2014, 2:01 PM EDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sacandaga River at Hope (HOPN6). The gauge peaked at 8.39 ft at Apr 15, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01321000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 14, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
425 PM EDT MON APR 14 2014

MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-050-053-054-082>084-VTZ013>015-151100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
425 PM EDT MON APR 14 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...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.

LOCALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ALONG A
COLD FRONT ...WITH BRIEF GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ047>049-051-052-058>061-063>066-151100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
425 PM EDT MON APR 14 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND THE CATSKILLS...GREATER
CAPITAL REGION EXCLUDING SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY...MID HUDSON
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...POSSIBLY
HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY. THIS RAIN COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADS AND SHARP WITHIN BANK RISES ON SOME STREAMS AND
RIVERS. THIS IS BASED ON A FORECAST OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL.
IF LATER FORECASTERS PROJECT EVEN MORE RAINFALL...A FLOOD WATCH
MIGHT BE NEEDED.

LOCALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ALONG A
COLD FRONT...WITH BRIEF GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida50 min
Apr 15, 6:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWarren40 hr
Apr 15, 6:41 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer54 hr
Apr 15, 7:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Washington56 hr
Apr 15, 10:06 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer12 hr
Apr 15, 11:25 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHamilton12 hr
Apr 15, 11:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida46 hr
Apr 15, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga46 hr
Apr 15, 12:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchoharie6 hr
Apr 15, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington22 min
Apr 15, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington48 min
Apr 15, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess48 min
Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2014Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.