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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Albany, NY

July 10, 2023Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2023, 7:49 AM EDT for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 8 hr. 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 10, 2023, 7:49 AM EDT (11:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 10, 6:54 AM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:54 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
416 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ033-039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-
VTZ013>015-111100-
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-
416 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, east central New York, 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...Tuesday through Sunday.

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

   Flood Watch.

There is Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday for most
of the area, mainly during the afternoon to evening hours. A few
storms may become severe with damaging wind gusts or large hail.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NYZ032-038-111100-
Northern Herkimer-Southern Herkimer-
416 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Rain and some thunderstorms are expected to redevelop today.
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 occur over the same areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday, mainly
during the afternoon to evening hours. A few storms may become severe
with damaging wind gusts or large hail.

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

.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

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:56 AM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:57 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:26 AM EDT, 23 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 9, 9:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	103 min
Jul 9, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	4 hr
Jul 10, 3:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	91 min
Jul 10, 4:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess	73 min
Jul 10, 4:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	72 min
Jul 10, 5:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany	36 min
Jul 10, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	2 hr
Jul 10, 6:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	85 min
Jul 10, 7:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	2 hr
Jul 10, 1:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Montgomery	2 hr
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	40 min
Jul 10, 2:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 10, 6:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	9 hr
Jul 10, 12:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:38 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	22 hr
Jul 10, 5:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Jul 10, 6:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Jul 10, 7:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	20 hr
Jul 10, 8:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	19 hr
Jul 9, 8:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	117 min
Jul 9, 9:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	92 min
Jul 10, 4:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	53 hr
Jul 10, 6:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		30 min
Jul 10, 7:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	39 hr
Jul 10, 7:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	3 hr
Jul 10, 11:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	56 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.