Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
166
WGUS51 KALY 050028
FFWALY
NYC043-050330-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0002.150705T0028Z-150705T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
828 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 827 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
HERKIMER COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV...
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSALBANY OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY.
&&
LAT...LON 4382 7495 4371 7499 4369 7512 4370 7512
4382 7513
$$
JPV2 follow-up statements
500
WGUS71 KALY 050135
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
935 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
NYC043-050330-
/O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150705T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HERKIMER NY-
935 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY...
AT 935 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. AN ESTIMATED
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. DESPITE RAIN ENDING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
REMAINS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
HERKIMER COUNTY. SOME BASINS LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE LOST CREEK...INDEPENDENCE CREEK AND OTTER CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4382 7495 4371 7499 4369 7512 4370 7512
4382 7513
$$
JPV631
WGUS71 KALY 050328
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1128 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
NYC043-050337-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150705T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HERKIMER NY-
1128 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
RELAY ANY REPORTS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NEW
YORK.
LAT...LON 4382 7495 4371 7499 4369 7512 4370 7512
4382 7513
$$
BGMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 51 min |
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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.