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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Albany, NY

April 15, 2014Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2014, 12:03 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It took effect at Apr 16, 2014, 7:19 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2014, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2014, 7:19 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2014, 10:29 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hudson River at Troy (TRYN6).

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 21.5 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01358000, 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, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 10:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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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, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	56 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, 12:17 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, 2014 Every 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.