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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Albany, NY

August 27, 2021Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 9:49 PM EDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 325 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

283 
WGUS51 KALY 272358
FFWALY
NYC111-280200-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0029.210827T2358Z-210828T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
758 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Ulster County in east central New York...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 758 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Napanoch, Ulster Heights, Lackawack, Sholam, Honk Hill and 
  Dairyland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 4183 7440 4173 7437 4174 7454 4175 7457
      4176 7456 4178 7454 4180 7452 4181 7452
      4183 7449 4184 7448

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Evbuoma
1 follow-up statement
026 
WGUS71 KALY 280149
FFSALY

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
949 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

NYC111-280159-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210828T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ulster NY-
949 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4183 7440 4173 7437 4174 7454 4175 7457
      4176 7456 4178 7454 4180 7452 4181 7452
      4183 7449 4184 7448

$$

ATE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie50 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie29 min
Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchoharie81 min
Aug 27, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene26 min
Aug 27, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster31 min
Aug 27, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster52 min
Aug 27, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster118 min
Aug 27, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster50 min
Aug 27, 7:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster2 hr
Aug 27, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster2 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.