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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Albany, NY

April 13, 2024Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2024, 4:07 AM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2024, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2024, 6:28 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Hudson River near Poughkeepsie (PKMN6).

Action stage
3.5 ft
Minor stage
4.2 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 13, 3:49 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:49 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:28 PM EDT, 11 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
428 PM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-131200-
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 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-
428 PM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

River rises will be monitored through tonight given additional heavy
rain that fell during the day Friday. Some renewed river flooding is
possible as rivers crest.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Westerly winds will be become gusty tomorrow, with some gusts up to
40 to 45 mph possible. Locally higher gusts up to 50mph are possible
in the higher terrain. This may result in some downed tree limbs. If
stronger winds look likely, a Wind Advisory would be needed for some
areas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:19 AM EDTWind AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery and 4 more21 hr

Nearby

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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.