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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

July 8, 2016Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 6:16 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess 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 8, 2016, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WGUS51 KALY 082216
FFWALY
NYC021-027-090115-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0003.160708T2216Z-160709T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
616 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 615 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LIVINGSTON...COPAKE...PINE PLAINS...CLERMONT...RED HOOK...ANCRAM...
  BETHEL...GERMANTOWN...TIVOLI...LINDEN ACRES...FRALEIGHS...
  NEW FORGE...ELIZAVILLE...EAST TAGHKANIC...MOUNT ROSS...
  UPPER RED HOOK...PACHIN MILLS...WEST COPAKE...
  MANORTON AND VIEWMONTE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 4200 7394 4208 7392 4217 7387 4211 7350
      4191 7356

$$

KSL

1 follow-up statement

028 
WGUS71 KALY 090116
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
916 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NYC021-027-090125-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160709T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUTCHESS NY-COLUMBIA NY-
916 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN DUTCHESS AND SOUTHWESTERN
COLUMBIA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER, SHOWERS WITH MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR
ANOTHER 2 HOURS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL PONDING OF WATER.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4200 7394 4208 7392 4217 7387 4211 7350
      4191 7356

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	52 min
Jul 8, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	54 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene	119 min
Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	31 min
Jul 8, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	41 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	28 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	50 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.