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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Albany, NY

July 9, 2023Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2023, 3:50 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 103 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2023, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 5:33 PM EDT
In force: 103 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 9, 3:03 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:03 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:08 AM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
508 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ033-039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-
VTZ013>015-092100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Hamilton-Southern Fulton-Montgomery-
Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-Northern Washington-Schoharie-
Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-
Western Albany-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-
Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-
Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-
Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington-
Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
508 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, eastern New York and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Today and 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...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Flood Watch.

In addition, there is a chance for thunderstorms Thursday through
Saturday, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

NYZ032-038-092100-
Northern Herkimer-Southern Herkimer-
508 AM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Widespread rain and thunderstorms are expected Sunday through
Monday. Thunderstorms will likely produce heavy rain at times, which
may result in flooding of urban and low lying areas. Flash flooding
is possible if repeated heavy downpours or training convection occurs.
If expected rainfall amounts increase, then the flood watch could be
expanded.

In addition, there is a chance for thunderstorms Thursday through
Saturday, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:42 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:50 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 8, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	49 min
Jul 9, 12:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	119 min
Jul 9, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	39 min
Jul 9, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	44 min
Jul 9, 12:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	97 min
Jul 9, 1:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Jul 9, 1:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jul 9, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	4 hr
Jul 9, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	28 min
Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	40 min
Jul 9, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	37 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene	35 min
Jul 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene	36 min
Jul 9, 3:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady	45 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	36 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Washington	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga	37 min
Jul 9, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	25 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	37 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	35 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	108 min
Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	2 hr
Jul 9, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	2 hr
Jul 9, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	33 min
Jul 9, 5:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	2 hr
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	47 min
Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	103 min
Jul 9, 12:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	44 min
Jul 9, 1:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		24 min
Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	49 min

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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.