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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Albany, NY

April 1, 2026Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2026, 4:18 AM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hudson River at Troy (TRYN6). The gauge peaked at 21.60 ft at Apr 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 21.5 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01358000, 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 1, 3:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 3:43 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	64 min
Mar 31, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster	57 min
Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	29 min
Mar 31, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	44 min
Mar 31, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	65 min
Mar 31, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	6 days
Mar 31, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	24 min
Apr 1, 4:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida	42 hr
Apr 1, 8:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	23 hr
Apr 1, 4:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	112 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.