Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 2:40 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2016, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:43 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Larrywaug, MA | FLOODING REPORTED ON MAIN STREET IN STOCKBRIDGE AND AT THE STOCKBRIDGE POICE STATION. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| May 29, 3:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne South Lee, MA | FAIRVIEW STREET FLOODED WITH CAR STUCK ON STREET. |
| May 29, 3:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Lee, MA | FLOODING ON GREYLOCK STREET |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Lee, MA | FLOODING ON EAST CENTER STREET. |
| May 29, 3:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Leisure Lee, MA | FOREST STREET FLOODED WITH DEBRIS IN ROADWAY. |
| May 29, 5:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Larrywaug, MA | FLOODING REPORTED ON MAIN STREET IN STOCKBRIDGE AND AT THE STOCKBRIDGE POICE STATION |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
114 WGUS51 KALY 291840 FFWALY MAC003-292145- /O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0001.160529T1840Z-160529T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 240 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 239 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PITTSFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...BECKET... HOUSATONIC...STOCKBRIDGE...RICHMOND...WEST STOCKBRIDGE... MONTEREY...WASHINGTON...ALFORD...TYRINGHAM... LENOX HOUSE COUNTRY SHOPS...BERKSHIRE HEIGHTS...WILLIAMSVILLE... MAHKEENAC HEIGHTS...EAST LEE...MAHKEENAC TERRACE AND EASTOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 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 4243 7306 4218 7310 4216 7348 4243 7338 $$ NAS
2 follow-up statements
577 WGUS71 KALY 291936 FFSALY FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 336 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 MAC003-292145- /O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BERKSHIRE MA- 336 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY... AT 332 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND ANOTHER HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE LOCALLY THROUGH 430 PM. SOME ROADS AROUND STOCKBRIDGE AND LEE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER ON THEM AND SOME BASEMENTS ARE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PITTSFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...BECKET...HOUSATONIC... STOCKBRIDGE...RICHMOND...WEST STOCKBRIDGE...MONTEREY...WASHINGTON... ALFORD...TYRINGHAM...LENOX HOUSE COUNTRY SHOPS...BERKSHIRE HEIGHTS... WILLIAMSVILLE...MAHKEENAC HEIGHTS...EAST LEE...MAHKEENAC TERRACE AND EASTOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 4243 7306 4218 7310 4216 7348 4243 7338 $$ NAS
644 WGUS71 KALY 292120 FFSALY FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 520 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 MAC003-292145- /O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BERKSHIRE MA- 520 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY... AT 512 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT RAINFALL IS IN THE PROCESS OF RUNNING OFF ROADS INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS IN THE STOCKBRIDGE AND LEE AREAS. WATER THAT HAS RECEDED OFF SOME ROADS HAS LEFT SOME DEBRIS BEHIND. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AROUND STOCKBRIDGE AND LEE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES IF DEEP WATER OR DEBRIS ARE OBSERVED ON ROADS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...STOCKBRIDGE...LENOX STATION... WHEATLEIGH...BEACHWOOD...MAHKEENAC SHORES...ROCKDALE MILLS... WILLIAMSVILLE...SOUTH LEE...LARRYWAUG...LEISURE LEE...LENOX DALE... MAHKEENAC HEIGHTS...VAN DEUSENVILLE...INTERLAKEN...EAST LEE... MAHKEENAC TERRACE AND RISINGDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 4236 7315 4226 7313 4221 7342 4234 7337 $$ NAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 66 min |
| May 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 65 min |
| May 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.