1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 29, 5:24 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 524 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... THE CYCLONE CENTERED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. AS IT DOES...DRIER AIR WILL TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. BEFORE DAYBREAK...THE RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF RAINFALL FROM THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS INTO SOUTHERN VERMONT AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY. IT WAS DRY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA. THE RAINFALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG DEFORMATION ZONE IN THE WIND FIELD. THIS WAS EVIDENT IN THE SATELLITE ANIMATION. ALL MODELS FORECAST THE AIR TO DRY THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE NORTH AMERICAN MESOSCALE MODEL WAS A BIT FASTER AT DRYING THE AIR THAN THE AVIATION MODEL. BUT ALL MODELS...INCLUDING THE CANADIAN SUITE SUGGESTED A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE BRISK AND FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TODAY. WE BLENDED THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN AND AVIATION MODELS. DRY WEATHER WAS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE...SURFACE AND ALOFT...BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. WE DECREASED THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION VALUES FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM WHAT WAS INDICATED IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ALL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT ANY PRECIPITATION THAT COMES IN FROM THE WEST WILL BE LATER IN ARRIVING HERE THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... THE SYSTEM BRINGING THE PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND ISENTROPIC LIFT TO ITS EAST. ANY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BE LIGHT AND IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS. OF MORE CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A MAJOR CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST BY ALL MODELS...BUT ITS TRACK AND MOVEMENT VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM MODEL TO MODEL. THE MOST THREATENING IS PROBABLY THE CANADIAN GLOBAL WHICH BRINGS THE CYCLONE INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN SHIFTS IT OFF AND UP THE ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. THE EUROPEAN AND UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICAL MODEL ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR...TAKING A TRACK ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THE EXTENDED VERSION OF THE AVIATION MODEL MOVES IT IN SIMILAR FASHION...BUT MUCH FASTER. THE TRACK OF THE AVIATION MODEL DOES NOT FAVOR A HEAVY DUMP OF PRECIPITATION...AND ITS QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST IS FAIRLY LIGHT. THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THIS ONE...BUT IT BEARS WATCHING...AS MORE FLOODING COULD BE IN THE CARDS. WE MADE SOME CHANGES EARLY IN THIS PERIOD TO BRING THE FORECAST INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST RUN OF THE MODELS...BUT WE LEFT THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY FORECAST AS IT WAS. && .AVIATION... PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROUTE THIS MORNING UNTIL 12Z. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE IN THE IFR/MVFR RANGE. CONDITIONS WILL LIFT TO MVFR LEVELS WITH CIGS AT BKN-OVC025 BTWN 13Z AND 17Z. DRIER AIR WILL BUILD INTO THE MID AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEY FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH CIGS BECOMING SCATTERED AT 2500 TO 3500 FT. THE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE N/NW AT 10 KNOTS. && .HYDROLOGY... RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING SNOW HAS SPILLED SEVERAL RIVERS OVER THEIR BANKS SINCE MONDAY. A NARROW BAND OF RAIN LINGERED ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE RAINFALL WILL BECOME LIGHTER THIS MORNING AND WILL END BY NOON. RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AS SUBSTANTIAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE. DRIER AIR TAKING HOLD THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGERING FOR THE MIDWEEK PERIOD WILL ALLOW THE RIVERS TO TURN AROUND. THE FORECAST MODELS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING ANOTHER MAJOR CYCLONE WILL FORM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND TRACK INTO THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE WEEK AND EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...MORE FLOODING COULD OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CTZ001-013 UNTIL NOON. MA...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MAZ001-025 UNTIL NOON. NY...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054 -058>061-063>066-082>084 UNTIL NOON. VT...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR VTZ013>015 UNTIL NOON. && SHORT TERM...HEMMERICH LONG TERM...HEMMERICH AVIATION...KILPATRICK HYDROLOGY...HEMMERICH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 618 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-301200- BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT- MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY- SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA- SOUTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT- SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY- WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY- WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY- WESTERN WINDHAM VT- 618 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...EXCLUDING THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...OR FOR SUNDAY OR MONDAY. HOWEVER...A STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THIS AS IT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE FUTURE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER...RIVERS WERE RUNNING HIGH TUESDAY MORNING...SO ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY. NYZ032-033-042-301200- HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY- 618 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...OR FOR SUNDAY OR MONDAY. HOWEVER...A STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO EASTERN NEW YORK FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THIS AS IT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE FUTURE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Housatonic River exceeded the 8.0-foot flood stage at the Gaylordsville gage, cresting at 9.82 feet, 11:00PM on the 29th.
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