Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

January 12, 2018Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2018, 4:43 PM EST for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. 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
Jan 12, 2018, 4:43 PM EST (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2018, 10:45 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2018-01-12Temperature 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 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 2018-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 396 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

881 
WGUS51 KALY 122143
FFWALY
VTC003-025-130345-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0002.180112T2143Z-180113T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
443 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bennington County in southern Vermont...
  Windham County in southern Vermont...

* Until 1045 PM EST Friday

* At 441 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring on the West River 
  in the town of Jamaica along River Street.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Bennington, Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Arlington, Londonderry,
  Townshend, Manchester, Stratton, Shaftsbury, Putney, Vernon,
  Dorset, Wilmington, Readsboro, Saxtons River, Westminster, Newfane,
  Guilford Center, Manchester Center and West Wardsboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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 4308 7244 4305 7247 4300 7244 4297 7247
      4295 7253 4292 7252 4288 7255 4281 7254
      4277 7252 4277 7249 4275 7247 4275 7248
      4277 7327 4331 7325 4328 7282 4325 7282
      4322 7269 4323 7243 4315 7246 4312 7243

$$

JSQ
1 follow-up statement
310 
WGUS71 KALY 130009
FFSALY

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
709 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

VTC003-025-130018-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180113T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bennington VT-Windham VT-
709 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose an 
immediate threat to life and property. Localized ice jam flooding 
remains possible overnight. Please continue to heed any remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 4308 7244 4305 7247 4300 7244 4297 7247
      4295 7253 4292 7252 4288 7255 4281 7254
      4277 7252 4277 7249 4275 7247 4275 7248
      4277 7327 4331 7325 4328 7282 4325 7282
      4322 7269 4323 7243 4315 7246 4312 7243

$$

DBT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:49 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYBennington, Windham33 hr
Jan 12, 1:05 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBennington, Windham3 hr
Jan 12, 3:10 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington21 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018

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.