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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Albany, NY

April 8, 2022Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2022, 4:42 AM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It took effect at Apr 8, 2022, 9:23 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2022, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2022, 9:23 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 9, 2022, 10:46 PM EDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hudson River at Troy (TRYN6). The gauge peaked at 23.41 ft at Apr 8, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 21.5 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01358000, 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 Apr 8, 1:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 1:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 8:38 PM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
838 PM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022

CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ032-041>043-049-050-052-053-060-061-065-066-083-
084-VTZ014-015-081100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Southern Berkshire-
Northern Herkimer-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-
Northern Washington-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-
Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
838 PM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
southern Berkshires in western Massachusetts, the Lake George
Saratoga Region, central and southern Taconics, Capital District, mid
Hudson Valley of western Columbia and western Dutchess Counties, and
northern Herkimer County in eastern New York and Windham County in
southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A slow moving storm system will bring periods of rain and isolated
thunderstorms to the region tonight. Some of the rainfall may be
moderate to heavy at times, which may result in ponding of water in
urban, low lying and poor drainage areas. There is a marginal risk
for flash flooding for the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should send any rainfall amounts or reports of flooding to
the National Weather Service at Albany.

MAZ001-NYZ054-VTZ013-081100-
Northern Berkshire-Eastern Rensselaer-Bennington-
838 PM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Berkshire County in
western Massachusetts, eastern Rensselaer County in eastern New York
and Bennington County in southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

A slow moving storm system will bring periods of rain and isolated
thunderstorms to the region tonight. Some of the rainfall may be
moderate to heavy at times, which may result in ponding of water in
urban, low lying and poor drainage areas. There is a marginal risk
for flash flooding for the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay wind damage reports or
rainfall amounts to the National Weather Service in Albany New York.

NYZ033-038>040-047-048-051-058-059-063-064-082-081100-
Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Schoharie-
Western Schenectady-Western Albany-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Northern Fulton-
838 PM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the western and central Mohawk
Valley, the Helderbergs, eastern Greene, eastern Ulster and Hamilton
Counties in eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay rainfall amounts and
flooding to the National Weather Service in Albany New York.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:17 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 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
Apr 7, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie	8 hr
Apr 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	12 hr
Apr 7, 9:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	83 min
Apr 7, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	11 hr
Apr 7, 10:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	24 hr
Apr 7, 10:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	13 hr
Apr 7, 10:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	22 hr
Apr 7, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	6 hr
Apr 7, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Apr 7, 10:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	27 hr
Apr 7, 10:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	16 hr
Apr 7, 10:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	6 hr
Apr 7, 11:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	14 hr
Apr 7, 11:36 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	17 hr
Apr 7, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Apr 8, 12:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	4 hr
Apr 8, 12:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	3 hr
Apr 8, 2:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	3 hr
Apr 8, 6:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	19 hr
Apr 8, 8:19 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren	17 hr
Apr 8, 10:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	8 hr
Apr 8, 10:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	23 hr
Apr 8, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	25 hr
Apr 8, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida	6 hr
Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	33 hr

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River Flood Warnings in New York, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.