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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Albany, NY

December 26, 2020Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2020, 1:02 AM EST for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 26, 2020, 2:46 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2020, 1:02 AM EST (06:02 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2020, 2:46 AM EST
Expired
Dec 26, 2020, 11:56 PM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 river

Written for the forecast point Housatonic River at Falls Village (FLVC3). The gauge peaked at 7.08 ft at Dec 26, 2020, 12:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01199000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 9:13 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYHerkimer6 hr
Dec 26, 3:38 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHerkimer21 hr
Dec 26, 3:38 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYHamilton21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.