1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 2:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
250 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001
.DISC...KNEW THIS WUD BE A DIFFICULT FCST AND IT SURE TURNED OUT
THAT WAY LOW PRES HAS MOVED E OF NJ THIS PM TURNG MORE ENE IN LN
WITH 3 HR PRES FALLS AND SHORT RNG MODEL FCSTS. DRIER AIR HAS BEEN
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS NEWD TDA. PER IR IMAGERY DRIER AIR HAS ALREADY
WORKED INTO SRN AND PARTS CNTRL NY WITH PCPN LGT AND SCT TO SW.
TREND WL BE FOR PCPN TO DMSH THIS EVE. WL CONT WARNGS N AND NE SXNS
WHR SIG PCPN WL CONT. WL DROP THEM IN CTSKLS BERKS AND MHWK VLY. WL
LET ALL ADVSYS EXPIRE AS IN IMMED CAP MIX HAS BEEN UNABLE TO
ACCUMULATE MUCH...AND MOST PCPN OVR ACRS SRN ULSTER CTY. SNOWFALL
TDA HIGHLY ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH LRG VARIABILITY IN SNOWFALL.
SEE PNS.
AS STORM DEPARTS WE ARE LEFT WITH A FAIRLY MOIST AMS BUT PROBLY NOT
MUCH IN THE WAY OF PCPN. LTL IN THE WAY OF LIFTG MECH. AMS NOT COLD
ENUF FOR SIG LK INFLUENCE AND TRAJ FOR THE MOST PART W OF CWA. WL
CONT MENTION OF SPRINKLES/FLRYS...MAINLY SAT. GIVEN FCST TEMP PROFILE
GENLY FLRYS.
ONE SHORT WV MOST OFF THE CST OVR THE WEEKEND WITH ITS MOISTR WELL
TO THE S. MORE IMPORTANT SYSTM...STG UPR LOW...WL THREATEN US FOR
SUN NGT AND MON. BOTH 12Z AVN AND GEM SHOW A MORE SWD MVMNT TO THIS
SYSTM. WHILE THIS MIGHT LESSEN THREAT OF SIG RA OR SN...MODELS
STILL PRODUCE SOME...SPCLY S AND E SXNS.
FLOODING...WL CONT FFA THRU THE EVE ALTHO GREATEST THREAT IS PASSG
WITH DMSHG OF PCPN. MINOR FLOODG FCST ON PTN OF HOUSATONIC.
.ALY...FFA THRU THIS EVE NYZ058>061-063>066-CTZ001-
WS WARNING THRU EVE NYZ032-033-041>043-VTZ013-014-NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0354PM FRI MAR 30 2001
#2 0850852 085
KCSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
01064 FILE 28 COLUMBIA CO SO NY0100000 MAR 30-01
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
FLOOD EVENT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: COLUMBIA COUNTY
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
( ) - STREAM/RIVER NEAR BANKFUL
(X) - STREAM/RIVER AT BANKFULL READY TO FLOOD
( ) - FLOODING ACTUALLY OCCURING
( ) - FLOODING IS CONFINED TO FLOOD PLAIN, NO IMMENIENT DAMAGE
( ) - FLOODING IS/ABOUT TO EFFECT REAL PROPERTY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): RT 23B TOWN OF CLAVERACK
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: MARCH 30-01 1550HRS
NAME OF STREAM/RIVER: CLAVERACK CREEK
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: ALL LOW LAYING AREAS AROUND CREEK BEDS
REMARKS: CURRENTLY ALL S1MALL STREAMS ARE RAPIDLY ARROACHING TOP OF BANKS
AUTH PHONE #: 518 828-3344
AUTH DORSCH,WARREN UNDERSHERIFF JENNINGS 1553HRS
OPER - JENNINGS,SHARON A 1553The Albany radar (KENX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains and snowmelt produced a rapid run off of water into the Clavercak Creek in Coumbia county. As a result, the creek overflowed its banks and flooded portions of Webb Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5237104.