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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

February 25, 2017Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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, Feb 25, 9:08 PM EST, 38 minutes before
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

KSL
Local 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

KSL
Local 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

CS
Local 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

CS
Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:23 PM EST, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:29 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 7:02 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington3 hr
Feb 25, 8:24 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery9 hr
Feb 25, 8:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYHamilton16 hr
Feb 25, 9:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery3 hr
Feb 26, 1:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYWashington12 hr
Feb 26, 8:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton31 min
Feb 26, 10:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie36 min
Feb 26, 2:34 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga11 hr
Feb 25, 8:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington10 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.