Alert archive / Connecticut / River Flood Warnings in 2023

River Flood Warning 8, NWS Albany, NY

May 1, 2023Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2023, 3:08 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2023, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2023, 3:01 AM EDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The river

Written for the forecast point Still River at Brookfield (BKFC3).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01201487, 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 May 1, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 10:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
1029 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-060-061-065-066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-011100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-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 Columbia-
Eastern Columbia-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton-
Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-
Eastern Windham-
1029 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Widespread moderate to locally heavy rainfall is expected through
tonight. Some minor flooding in urban and poor drainage areas is
possible.

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

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ058-059-063-064-011100-
Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
1029 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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...Monday through Saturday.

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

Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1118 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1104 PM     HEAVY RAIN       STONE RIDGE             41.84N  74.15W
04/30/2023  M2.70 INCH       ULSTER             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY2302688

JPV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene, Ulster3 hr
May 1, 3:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster6 hr
May 1, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery7 hr
May 1, 4:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie9 hr
May 1, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton34 min
May 1, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton35 min
May 1, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster25 min
May 1, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene31 min
May 1, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie30 min
May 1, 4:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWindham9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.