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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Albany, NY

May 16, 2014Herkimer County, Montgomery County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2014, 7:50 PM EDT for Herkimer County, Montgomery County, Oneida County, New York. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 8:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2014, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 8:51 PM EDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 5:49 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mohawk River at Little Falls (LTLN6). The gauge peaked at 14.81 ft at May 17, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01347000, 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 May 16, 7:43 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:43 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 6 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
150 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

NYZ033-161915-
HAMILTON NY-
150 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

...A LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ACROSS
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...
AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF INLET TO 12 MILES WEST OF LAKE PLEASANT TO 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLD FORGE TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPECULATOR TO 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
INLET BY 155 PM EDT...
EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 200 PM EDT...
BROWN TRACT POND CAMPGROUND BY 205 PM EDT...
RAQUETTE LAKE BY 210 PM EDT...
SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND AND GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND BY 215 PM EDT...
WELLS AND LAKE PLEASANT BY 220 PM EDT.

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS INTO THE HIGHEST TERRAIN.

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421 4383 7414
      4379 7404 4374 7406 4373 7422 4325 7414
      4325 7422 4322 7424 4321 7432 4324 7433
      4323 7453 4334 7487 4348 7477 4407 7485
      4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 210DEG 27KT 4367 7475 4348 7462
          4325 7460

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Local storm report, May 16, 2:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
232 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG FISHKILL                41.53N  73.89W
05/16/2014                   DUTCHESS           NY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TACONIC STATE PARKWAY NORTH OF CARPENTER ROAD WAS
            BRIEFLY CLOSED DUE TO A DOWN TREE.

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EVENT NUMBER ALY1400026

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Local storm report, May 16, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 5:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 6:58 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
658 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST WINFIELD           42.88N  75.19W
05/16/2014                   HERKIMER           NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROUTE 51 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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EVENT NUMBER ALY1400029

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	63 min
May 16, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	56 min
May 16, 11:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	8 hr
May 16, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	63 min
May 16, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	85 min
May 16, 2:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	13 hr
May 16, 4:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	65 hr
May 16, 7:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie and 1 more	6 hr
May 16, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Herkimer	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.