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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2023, 12:36 PM EST for Montgomery County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York. It took effect at Dec 18, 2023, 11:19 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2023, 12:36 PM EST (17:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2023, 11:19 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2023, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Mohawk River at Schenectady (Freeman's Bridge) (SCHN6).
- Action stage
- 216 ft
- Minor stage
- 220 ft
- Moderate stage
- 222 ft
- Major stage
- 224 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01354500, 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 Dec 18, 11:43 AM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 11:43 AM EST, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 412 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ054-061-066-VTZ013-191200- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Eastern Rensselaer-Eastern Columbia- Eastern Dutchess-Bennington- 412 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay rainfall amounts, flooding and wind damage to the National Weather Service in Albany New York. NYZ032-033-038>043-047>053-058>060-063>065-082>084-VTZ014-015-191200- 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-Western Greene- Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster- Western Dutchess-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 412 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Hazardous weather is not 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 17 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster | 11 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 10 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 25 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Herkimer | 9 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 10 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 20 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 7:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 18 hr |
| Dec 18, 7:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer, Ulster | 8 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 35 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 20 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga, Schenectady | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 25 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida | 5 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 31 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 42 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 49 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Warren | 32 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 49 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 31 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Warren | 6 days |
| Dec 18, 12:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 30 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 14 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 17 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 3 days |
| Dec 18, 5:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region | 51 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 4 days |
| Dec 18, 9:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 4 days |
| Dec 18, 10:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 7 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.