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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Albany, NY

October 17, 2019Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Oct 17, 2019, 12:44 AM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Oct 17, 2019, 1:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2019, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2019, 1:47 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 17, 2019, 6:09 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge (KASN6). The gauge peaked at 6.21 ft at Oct 17, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01346000, 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 Oct 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 35 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
Oct 16, 9:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	3 hr
Oct 16, 9:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery	6 hr
Oct 16, 9:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	6 hr
Oct 16, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 16, 11:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	3 hr
Oct 17, 12:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	3 hr
Oct 17, 2:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	6 hr
Oct 17, 2:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren	3 hr
Oct 17, 3:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Oct 17, 3:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery	11 hr
Oct 17, 3:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer	3 hr
Oct 17, 4:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Greene	3 hr
Oct 17, 5:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	3 hr
Oct 17, 1:11 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	8 hr
Oct 17, 1:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Windham	4 hr
Oct 17, 3:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington	3 hr
Oct 17, 10:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	7 hr
Oct 17, 4:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr

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.