Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT for Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 28, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saranac Lake, NY | ROUTE 86 CLOSED BETWEEN SARANAC LAKE AND LAKE COLBY. ROUTE 3 DOWN TO ONE LANE IN SARANAC LAKE. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS51 KBTV 282032
FFWBTV
NYC019-031-033-290030-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FF.W.0002.160628T2032Z-160629T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
432 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 427 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAINFALL
HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHEAST
ADIRONDACKS. AREAS NEAR SARANAC LAKE, LAKE COLBY, RIVERVIEW, AND
PERU ARE IN THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PLATTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT...
PERU...DANNEMORA...CLAYBURG...DEBAR MOUNTAIN...PEASLEEVILLE...
BRYANTS MILL...HARRIETSTOWN...SCHUYLER FALLS...SARANAC...RUSSIA...
UPPER ST. REGIS...WOLF POND...STANDISH...CUMBERLAND BAY STATE
PARK...CADYVILLE...SOUTH PLATTSBURGH...PAUL SMITHS AND WAWBEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4475 7339 4458 7340 4444 7384 4415 7408
4413 7441 4470 7418
$$
HANSON2 follow-up statements
918
WGUS71 KBTV 282158
FFSBTV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
558 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
NYC019-031-033-290030-
/O.CON.KBTV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160629T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLINTON NY-FRANKLIN NY-ESSEX NY-
558 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESSEX
COUNTIES...
AT 557 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WAS BEGINING TO DIMINISH OVER SOUTHERN CLINTON
AND NORTHWEST ESSEX COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THREE TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AND ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLASH
FLOODING. ALTHOUGH RAIN WILL BE COMING TO AN END THROUGH THE
EVENING, FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS
EVENING IN THE NORTHEAST ADIRONDACKS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PLATTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT...
PERU...DANNEMORA...CLAYBURG...DEBAR MOUNTAIN...PEASLEEVILLE...BRYANTS
MILL...HARRIETSTOWN...SCHUYLER FALLS...SARANAC...RUSSIA...UPPER ST.
REGIS...WOLF POND...STANDISH...CUMBERLAND BAY STATE PARK...
CADYVILLE...SOUTH PLATTSBURGH...PAUL SMITHS AND WAWBEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4475 7339 4458 7340 4444 7384 4415 7408
4413 7441 4470 7418
$$
HANSON487
WGUS71 KBTV 290024
FFSBTV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
NYC019-031-033-290033-
/O.EXP.KBTV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160629T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLINTON NY-FRANKLIN NY-ESSEX NY-
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4475 7339 4458 7340 4444 7384 4415 7408
4413 7441 4470 7418
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | Clinton | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BTV | St. Lawrence | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 54 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.