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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Sep 13, 2023, 1:18 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2023, 1:18 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2023, 3:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Housatonic River at Stevenson (STVC3). The gauge peaked at 10.28 ft at Sep 13, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01205500, 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 Sep 13, 10:15 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 10:15 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 418 AM EDT Wed Sep 13 2023 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-141100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Western Ulster- Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- 418 AM EDT Wed Sep 13 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut and eastern New York. .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. There is also a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms across Litchfield County, where isolated damaging wind gusts could occur within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay rainfall amounts and flooding to the National Weather Service in Albany New York. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 141100- Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton- Southern Herkimer-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-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 418 AM EDT Wed Sep 13 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts, eastern New York and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Another storm system will bring a widespread rainfall and a few thunderstorms today. Locally heavy rainfall is possible and there is a marginal to slight risk for excessive rainfall which could result in some flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .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, Sep 13, 7:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 7:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 52 min | |
| Sep 13, 8:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region | 16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.