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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Albany, NY

October 17, 2019Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Oct 17, 2019, 10:01 AM EDT for Bennington County, Vermont. It took effect at Oct 17, 2019, 11:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2019, 10:01 AM EDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2019, 11:47 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2019, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 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 Walloomsac River near North Bennington (BNTV1). The gauge peaked at 6.87 ft at Oct 17, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01334000, 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, 16 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 16 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 4:24 PM EDT, 17 hours 37 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 9:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess3 hr
Oct 16, 9:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery6 hr
Oct 16, 9:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene, Ulster6 hr
Oct 16, 10:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 2 more3 hr
Oct 16, 11:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie3 hr
Oct 17, 12:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer3 hr
Oct 17, 12:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer5 hr
Oct 17, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery6 hr
Oct 17, 2:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren3 hr
Oct 17, 3:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia3 hr
Oct 17, 3:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery11 hr
Oct 17, 3:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer3 hr
Oct 17, 4:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Greene3 hr
Oct 17, 5:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady3 hr
Oct 17, 1:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHamilton8 hr
Oct 17, 1:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWindham4 hr
Oct 17, 3:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBennington3 hr
Oct 17, 4:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire3 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.