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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

July 7, 2017Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2017, 2:06 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 6 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 7, 2017, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-07-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WGUS51 KALY 071806
FFWALY
NYC043-080000-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0007.170707T1806Z-170708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
206 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Herkimer County in eastern New York...

* Until 800 PM EDT

* At 206 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, Dolgeville, West
  Winfield, Middleville, Jordanville, Cedarville, Fairfield,
  Elizabethtown, Warren, Ingham Mills, Spinnerville, Cedar Lake,
  Countryman, South Ilion, Kelhi Corners and Chepachet.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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.

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 4317 7511 4317 7471 4312 7474 4311 7477
      4308 7477 4304 7475 4299 7474 4287 7476
      4290 7488 4284 7489 4283 7490 4283 7492
      4291 7510 4286 7514 4286 7521 4288 7521
      4288 7520 4305 7522

$$

JSQ
1 follow-up statement
083 
WGUS71 KALY 072054
FFSALY

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
454 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NYC043-072100-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Herkimer NY-
454 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4317 7511 4317 7471 4312 7474 4311 7477
      4308 7477 4304 7475 4299 7474 4287 7476
      4290 7488 4284 7489 4283 7490 4283 7492
      4291 7510 4286 7514 4286 7521 4288 7521
      4288 7520 4305 7522

$$

JSQ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton36 min
Jul 7, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton59 min
Jul 7, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida57 min
Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHamilton, Warren6 hr
Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery67 min
Jul 7, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren63 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery48 min
Jul 7, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren62 min
Jul 7, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren60 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady57 min
Jul 7, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington59 min
Jul 7, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Rensselaer57 min
Jul 7, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren53 min
Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington66 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Greene64 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia57 min
Jul 7, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia55 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.