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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Albany, NY

July 29, 2026Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jul 29, 2026, 10:39 AM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 2:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2026, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 29, 2026, 2:51 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2026, 6:25 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Schoharie Creek at Gilboa Bridge (GBRN6). The gauge peaked at 20.05 ft at Jul 29, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01350101, 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 Jul 29, 7:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:55 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:58 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:11 AM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:21 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:29 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:35 AM EDT, 4 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
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 Considerable damage threat	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	5 hr
Jul 29, 7:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	10 hr
Jul 29, 7:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	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, 8:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	6 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, 10:46 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
Jul 29, 4:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Windham	3 hr
Jul 29, 10:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.