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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

January 25, 2019Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2019, 3:36 AM EST for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2019, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2019, 3:56 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Battenkill below Mill at Battenville (BTTN6). The gauge peaked at 12.99 ft at Jan 24, 2019, 4:00 PM EST.

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 01329490, 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 Jan 24, 6:38 PM EST, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 6:38 PM EST, 8 hours 58 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
Jan 25, 8:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	35 min
Jan 25, 9:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	12 hr
Jan 25, 9:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	42 min
Jan 25, 10:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	42 min
Jan 25, 10:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	53 min
Jan 25, 12:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	29 min
Jan 25, 12:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	43 min
Jan 25, 12:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	37 min
Jan 25, 12:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	23 min
Jan 25, 1:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	27 min
Jan 25, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	29 min
Jan 25, 1:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	26 min
Jan 25, 1:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	31 min
Jan 25, 2:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	29 min
Jan 25, 2:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	34 min
Jan 25, 2:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	25 min
Jan 25, 2:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	28 min
Jan 25, 2:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	36 min
Jan 25, 2:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	32 min
Jan 25, 3:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	37 min
Jan 25, 1:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	6 hr
Jan 25, 3:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2019 Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.