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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 2021Greene County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2021, 8:48 PM EDT for Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2021, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 11:47 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WGUS51 KALY 090048
FFWALY
NYC039-111-090400-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0032.210909T0048Z-210909T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
848 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

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

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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...
  Woodstock, North-South Lake Campground, Tannersville, Platte 
  Clove, Elka Park, Haines Falls, West Saugerties, Shady, Daisy, 
  Byrdcliffe, Manorville, Blue Mountain, Mountain House, Edgewood, 
  Palenville, Lake Hill, Bearsville, Saxton and Willow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 4211 7425 4213 7425 4221 7417 4222 7412
      4223 7410 4225 7400 4217 7397 4216 7397
      4207 7403 4202 7425

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JPV
1 follow-up statement
849 
WGUS71 KALY 090347
FFSALY

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1147 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYC039-111-090357-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210909T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Greene NY-Ulster NY-
1147 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE AND 
NORTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat.

LAT...LON 4211 7425 4213 7425 4221 7417 4222 7412
      4223 7410 4225 7400 4217 7397 4216 7397
      4207 7403 4202 7425

$$

JPV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia45 min
Sep 8, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Ulster42 min
Sep 8, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Rensselaer59 min
Sep 8, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster37 min
Sep 8, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene, Ulster3 hr
Sep 8, 8:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Greene, Rensselaer2 hr
Sep 8, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia48 min
Sep 8, 9:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess115 min
Sep 8, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Rensselaer21 min
Sep 8, 9:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia112 min
Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.