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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this areal flood warning at Feb 25, 2017, 9:46 PM EST for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2017, 9:46 PM EST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2017, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 333 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
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 25, 9:03 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 9:03 PM EST, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 908 PM EST Sat Feb 25 2017 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047>054-058>061-063>066-261200- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady- Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer- Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess- Eastern Dutchess- 908 PM EST Sat Feb 25 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the western and southern Adirondacks, western and central Mohawk valley, and Lake George Saratoga region of eastern New York, as well as southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is the potential for post frontal gusty winds Sunday. Wind Advisory headlines may eventually be needed in time, if confidence increases. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ032-033-038>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-261200- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton- Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-Northern Washington- Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington- Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 908 PM EST Sat Feb 25 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the greater Capital District, Schoharie Valley, eastern Catskills, mid Hudson Valley and Taconics of eastern New York, as well as northwestern Connecticut and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. There is the potential for post frontal gusty winds Sunday. Wind Advisory headlines may eventually be needed in time, if confidence increases. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to send any reports of flooding to the National Weather Service.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 25, 8:10 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
810 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 PM TSTM WND DMG OTIS 42.20N 73.07W
02/25/2017 BERKSHIRE MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE AND WIRES DOWN RT 23
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1702312
KSLLocal storm report, Feb 25, 8:12 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
812 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW MARLBOROUGH 42.12N 73.23W
02/25/2017 BERKSHIRE MA AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1702313
KSLLocal storm report, Feb 25, 8:31 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
831 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0651 PM TSTM WND DMG ZYLONITE 42.66N 73.11W
02/25/2017 BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF OF BOUNTY FAIR RESTAURANT DAMAGED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1702314
CSLocal storm report, Feb 25, 8:46 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
846 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0842 PM FLOOD GLOVERSVILLE 43.05N 74.35W
02/25/2017 FULTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
CAYADUTTA 3 FEET ABOVE RIVER BANKS IN VILLAGE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1702315
CSLocal storm report, Feb 25, 9:23 PM EST, 23 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 7:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 9 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 16 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 10:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 2:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 10 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in New York, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017
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.