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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

July 8, 2016Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 10:14 PM EDT for Ulster 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, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

569 
WGUS51 KALY 090214
FFWALY
NYC111-090515-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0004.160709T0214Z-160709T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1014 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1013 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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...
  POTTERVILLE...SHOLAM...BULL RUN...SUNDOWN...RIGGSVILLE...
  CHERRYTOWN AND YAGERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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 4184 7448 4188 7445 4191 7454 4192 7454
      4192 7433 4181 7432 4179 7453

$$

JPV

1 follow-up statement

781 
WGUS71 KALY 090513
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
113 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYC111-090522-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160709T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ULSTER NY-
113 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
115 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4184 7448 4188 7445 4191 7454 4192 7454
      4192 7433 4181 7432 4179 7453

$$

SND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	63 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	117 min
Jul 9, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	39 min
Jul 9, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	61 min
Jul 9, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Schoharie	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	55 min
Jul 9, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
Jul 9, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Lewis	55 min
Jul 9, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	38 min
Jul 9, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	51 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	44 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	44 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	50 min
Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	47 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	48 min
Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.