Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Watches in 2019
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 17, 2019, 1:26 PM EDT for 10 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2019, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2019, 7:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 17, 12:57 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:57 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:10 AM EDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 510 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-181100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer- Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren- Northern Washington-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-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 510 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, eastern New York and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a chance of thunderstorms today into tonight. There is a marginal to slight risk that some of these thunderstorms could become severe with isolated damaging wind gusts possible for areas near and especially south of the Interstate 90 corridor this afternoon into this evening. In addition, storms will be capable of producing heavy rain which could cause some flooding of poor drainage and low lying areas. Isolated flash flooding is possible, especially for areas south of Interstate 90. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot and humid conditions will develop for Friday, Saturday and Sunday with heat indices potentially exceeding 100 degrees during the afternoon hours. Heat Advisories and or Excessive Heat Warnings may need to be issued. There is a chance of thunderstorms late Friday afternoon through Saturday night across the southern Adirondacks and western Mohawk Valley, and across most areas Sunday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 12:32 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1232 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE SALISBURY 43.16N 74.81W
07/17/2019 M1.35 INCH HERKIMER NY COCORAHS
1.35 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 35 MINUTES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1902371
JLVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 102 min |
| Jul 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia | 86 min |
| Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Columbia | 11 min |
| Jul 17, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 54 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019
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.