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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Albany, NY

November 3, 2018Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Nov 3, 2018, 5:09 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 3, 2018, 8:13 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 3, 2018, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 3, 2018, 8:13 AM EDT
Expired: Nov 4, 2018, 8:04 AM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Still River at Brookfield (BKFC3). The gauge peaked at 13.71 ft at Nov 3, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01201487, 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 Nov 3, 5:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 5:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 3, 2:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Nov 3, 4:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Nov 3, 3:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	8 hr
Nov 2, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		47 min
Nov 3, 6:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	3 days
Nov 3, 6:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	68 hr
Nov 3, 6:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	58 hr

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.