Alert archive / New York / River Flood Warnings in 2014
River Flood Warning 18, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2014, 7:33 AM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 12:17 PM EDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2014, 7:33 AM EDT (11:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2014, 12:17 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2014, 3:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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 river
Written for the forecast point Hudson River at Fort Edward (FTEN6). The gauge peaked at 27.96 ft at Apr 16, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 24 ft
- Minor stage
- 26 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01327750, 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 15, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 4:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 458 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-050-053-054-082>084-VTZ013>015-161100- 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- 458 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE ADIRONDACKS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE AREA...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TACONICS EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AS WELL AS SOUTHERN VERMONT. .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. FLOOD WATCH. ALSO...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY WHICH MIGHT CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ047>049-051-052-058>061-063>066-161100- 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- 458 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY TODAY...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HWJIV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Warren | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 54 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Oneida | 46 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 46 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Schoharie | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 3 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.