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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2026, 8:52 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2026, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Amsterdam, NY | Public report of road closure on Truax Rd and Route 5 in Amsterdam, NY due to flooding. |
| Jul 29, 10:55 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Amsterdam, NY | Flooded road closed at the intersection of Regina Lane and Bylina Lane in Amsterdam, NY. |
| Jul 29, 1:29 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Rotterdam Junctio, NY | NY 5 westbound closed in Glenville before Johnson Road due to flash flooding. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jul 29, 2:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Amsterdam, NY | Chapman Drive east of Amsterdam road closed due to flooding. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042
WGUS51 KALY 291252
FFWALY
NYC035-057-091-093-291845-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0021.260729T1252Z-260729T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
852 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Saratoga County in east central New York...
Northeastern Schenectady County in east central New York...
Southeastern Fulton County in eastern New York...
East Central Montgomery County in eastern New York...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 852 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Glenville, Hagaman, Galway, Pattersonville-Rotterdam Junction,
Rotterdam Junction, Burnt Hills, Rock City Falls, East Glenville,
Charlton, West Charlton, Shuttleworth Corners, Lower Corners,
Cummings Corners, O'brien Corners, Blue Corners, Holbrook Corners,
Fairweather Corners, Holsapple Corners, Bunn Corners and West
Corners.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 7402 4310 7390 4287 7389 4288 7397
4279 7414 4284 7414 4304 7418
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 12:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 10 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 13 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 10 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 12 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Ulster | 20 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.