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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Albany, NY

August 14, 2018Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 14, 2018, 2:47 AM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It took effect at Aug 14, 2018, 3:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2018, 2:47 AM EDT (06:47 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2018, 3:37 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2018, 1:41 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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 river

Written for the forecast point Schoharie Creek at Gilboa Bridge (GBRN6). The gauge peaked at 18.25 ft at Aug 14, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01350101, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 14, 2:06 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:06 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 10:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene3 hr
Aug 13, 11:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie3 hr
Aug 14, 12:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady2 hr
Aug 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton41 min
Aug 14, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton50 min
Aug 14, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton38 min
Aug 14, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Dutchess46 min
Aug 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady43 min
Aug 14, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady44 min
Aug 14, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga35 min
Aug 14, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady42 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren32 min
Aug 14, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery27 min
Aug 14, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington38 min
Aug 14, 5:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHerkimer70 min
Aug 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington34 min
Aug 14, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington28 min
Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington26 min
Aug 14, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Aug 14, 5:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region67 min
Aug 14, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.