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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Albany, NY

September 1, 2021Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2021, 5:58 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 6 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2021, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 6:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.08Olivebridge, NYWEATHERNET6
Sep 1, 7:40 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.011 Nnw Wappingers Falls, NY
Sep 1, 7:45 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.35Poughquag, NY
Sep 1, 7:58 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.07Red Hook, NYWEATHERNET6
Sep 1, 8:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.2New Paltz, NY
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.32 N Dover Plains, NY
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.012 Ne Beacon, NY
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.063 Ne Wallkill, NY
Sep 1, 8:15 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.152 S High Falls, NY
Sep 1, 8:20 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.65 Ne Claryville, NY
Sep 1, 8:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.05Woodbury Center, CT
Sep 1, 9:11 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 4.051 Nnw Wappingers Falls, NY
Sep 1, 9:24 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Gardner, NYFOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF MOVING WATER ON ALBANY POST ROAD
Sep 1, 9:57 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.82Ulster Park, NYWEATHERNET6
Sep 1, 10:15 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.255 Ssw New Milford, CT1.25 INCHES IN THE LAST 75 MINUTES
Sep 1, 10:21 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 5.051 Nnw Wappingers Falls, NY
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLOOD3 W Dover Plains, NYCOUNTY ROAD 23 CHESTNUT RIDGE AT KILLEAN ROAD IN UNION VALE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLOOD3 Wsw Dover Plains, NYCOUNTY ROAD 24 NORTH OF CAMBY ROAD IN DOVER HAS WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD MAKING IT IMPASSABLE.
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se Arlington, NYTITUSVILLE RD, PHILLIPS RD AND OLD MANCHESTER RD ONLY ONE LANE OPEN DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se Dover Plains, NYTEN MILE RIVER DRIVE CLOSED AT STEPHENS ROAD DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ssw Millbrook, NYCOUNTY ROUTE 111 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ene Poughquag, NYWATER OVER THE BRIDGE ON GARNDER HOLLOW ROAD NEAR BUCK DRIVE. ROAD IMPASSABLE.
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 E Red Oaks Mill, NYNOXON RD AND COLONIAL DR FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Fishkill, NYROUTE 9 CLOSED AT CLOVE ROAD DUE TO WATER RUNNING ACROSS THE ROADWAY
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Sw Poughkeepsie, NYROUTE 9W CLOSED AT PERKINSVILLE ROAD DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wsw Ellenville, NYROUTE 209 CLOSED AT OLD MINISINK TRAIL DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wsw Kerhonkson, NYBERME ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 W Dover Plains, NYCOUNTY ROAD 23 CHESTNUT RIDGE AT KILLEAN ROAD IN UNION VALE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wsw Dover Plains, NYCOUNTY ROAD 24 NORTH OF CAMBY ROAD IN DOVER HAS WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD MAKING IT IMPASSABLE.
Sep 1, 10:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 Wsw Napanoch, NYBRIGGS HIGHWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Sep 1, 10:46 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.57Port Ewen, NYWEATHERNET6
Sep 1, 10:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.312 S High Falls, NY
Sep 1, 10:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.642 N Dover Plains, NY
Sep 1, 10:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 4.433 Ne Wallkill, NY
Sep 1, 10:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 5.192 Ne Beacon, NY
Sep 1, 10:55 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.195 Ne Claryville, NY
Sep 1, 10:55 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.551 Nw Red Hook, NY
Sep 1, 11:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.6Woodbury Center, CT
Sep 1, 11:49 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.1Port Ewen, NYWEATHERNET6

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2021-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

143 
WGUS51 KALY 012158
FFWALY
CTC005-NYC027-111-020345-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0030.210901T2158Z-210902T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
558 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Litchfield County in northern Connecticut...
  Dutchess County in east central New York...
  Ulster County in east central New York...

* Until 1145 PM EDT.

* At 558 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. 
  Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  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...
  Torrington, Poughkeepsie, New Milford, Kingston, Beacon, New 
  Paltz, Ellenville, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Pawling, Wallkill, Hyde 
  Park, Milton, Plattekill, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New 
  Hartford, Hurley, Woodstock and Wappingers Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 4203 7474 4217 7445 4210 7408 4218 7400
      4201 7371 4198 7353 4205 7349 4197 7289
      4181 7295 4180 7302 4164 7298 4151 7316
      4149 7344 4167 7352 4153 7353 4144 7398
      4159 7395 4159 7437 4175 7457 4188 7445

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JPV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 2:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster119 min
Sep 1, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster3 hr
Sep 1, 7:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Greene3 hr
Sep 1, 1:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region21 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2021Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.