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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
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 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 21, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
1121 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026
CTZ013-NYZ066-211615-
Southern Litchfield CT-Eastern Dutchess NY-
1121 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...
At 1121 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Danbury, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
New Milford, Terryville, Woodbury Center, Oakville, Watertown,
Plymouth, Woodbury, Roxbury, Bridgewater, Candlewood Springs,
Hotchkissville, Pequabuck, Reynolds Bridge, Hancock, River Road
Reserve, Pomeraug, Candlewood Trails, Gulls Hollow, Plymouth Green,
and Birch Groves.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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LAT...LON 4149 7337 4151 7339 4149 7344 4157 7346
4155 7353 4153 7353 4152 7364 4153 7364
4169 7299 4164 7298 4161 7302 4161 7306
4159 7306 4159 7308 4157 7309 4156 7316
4151 7316 4151 7332 4149 7333 4147 7332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 257DEG 25KT 4141 7352
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PSSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 3:00 PM EDT, 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 43 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.