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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Albany, NY

October 31, 2019Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2019, 6:38 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Oct 31, 2019, 10:04 PM EDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2019, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2019, 10:04 PM EDT
Expired: Nov 3, 2019, 6:51 PM EST
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 10.87 ft at Nov 1, 2019, 12:00 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 31, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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 31, 3:03 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Rensselaer and 5 more	24 hr
Oct 31, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	64 min
Oct 31, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	4 hr
Oct 31, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery	61 min

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.