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 Nov 16, 3:45 PM EST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 345 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 WORKZONES OUT. WE DECIDED TO STAY THE COURSE CONCERNING THE FLOOD WATCH. ZONES ISSUED SHORTLY. .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS OUR REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE IN. AS THIS AIR MOVES OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM LAKE WATERS OF ONTARIO...SOME LAKE EFFECT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY. HIGH PRESSURE...THE CENTER OF THIS AIR MASS...WILL BUILD TO OUR SOUTHWEST...THEN MOVE TO OUR SOUTHEAST BY SATURDAY. OUR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE REPLACED BY BELOW NORMAL READINGS. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...FROPA AT ALBANY TOOK PLACE ABOUT 230 PM. RADARS SHOW SHOWERS...STILL BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT TAKEN ON A BIT OF A ANA FRONT APPEARANCE (FRONT LINED UP WITH UPPER LEVEL WINDS WHICH KEEPS ASCENT GOING WELL BEHIND THE BOUNDARY). THUS FAR...NO REAL SIGNS OF CONVECTION BUT THE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM (LDS) HAS BEEN OTS MUCH OF TODAY. WE WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH SINCE THERE IS STILL COME CONCERN ABOUT FLOODING ISSUANCE...ALBEIT THEY SHOULD BE MINOR. FOR MORE INFO ABOUT FLOODING SEE OUR HYDRO SECTION. THE FIRST PART OF OUR REGIME CHANGE IS NOW PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT HAD BEEN OVER THE WESTERN U.S. IS NOW REPLACED BY A RIDGE. MEANWHILE...THE RIDGE OVER THE EAST HAS BEEN DISPLACED AND REPLACED BY A TROUGH. OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE THE POND...THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO) SIGNAL IS NOW NEUTRAL...BUT WITH TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO GREENLAND AND RESULT IN A NEGATIVE PHASE. INITIALLY...THE SFC-H8 FLOW WILL BE MORE WSW WHICH WOULD CONFINE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WELL TO THE WEST OF ALBANY...WITH SOME PLUMES POSSIBLY BRINGING A DUSTING TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. BY TOMORROW...A VERY WEAK SHORT FLOW AND REINFORCING SURFACE TROUGH WILL TURN OUR WINDS WNW AND THE LAKE EFFECT MOHAWK VALLEY IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY LATER IN THE DAY. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SHEAR ISSUES SO WE ARE NOT THINKING OF ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT AT THE MOMENT. SLANTWISE INSTABILITY DROPS TO THE MODERATE TO EVEN THE EXTREME CATEGORY SO WE WILL INCLUDE CHANCE TO THE WEST OF ALBANY...AND EVEN SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF OUR REGION...EXCEPT THE MID HUDSON VALLEY ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. EVENTUALLY THE SFC-H8 FLOW TURNS EVEN MORE NW SO ANY PLUMES WOULD SHIFT SOUTH OF MOST OF OUR REGION. AS THE SURFACE ANTICYLCLONE CRESTS TO OUR SOUTH...THE FLOW WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SW ONCE MORE. BY THIS TIME THOUGH...THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION SHOULD BE LOWER...AND COLD AIR ADVECTION (OR NEUTRAL ADVECTION) WILL BE REPLACED BY WEAK WARM ADVECTION. THEREFORE...ANY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT COME FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...WE ARE THINKING THE FLOW IS TOO ANTICYCLONIC FOR ANY LAKE EFFECT...SO WE KEEP THAT DAY DRY. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE MET/MAV AND EVEN FWC NOS THROUGHOUT THIS PACKAGE. WE LEANS ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE COLDER FWC VALUES ON THURSDAY...GIVEN THAT BOTH MODELS FORECAST H8 TEMPS TO PLUMMET TO ABOUT -10C AT KALB BY LATE IN THE DAY. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...WITH THE -NAO KICKING INTO PLACE OUR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. IN FACT...A SECONDARY SHORT WAVE...PLUNGING SOUTHWARD FROM THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...IS FORECAST TO SHARPEN THE EASTERN TROUGH EVEN MORE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. ONCE AGAIN...THE GFS ATTEMPTS TO CARVE OUT A COASTAL STORM AS THE UPPER LOW PINCHES OFF TO OUR SOUTHWEST. ONCE AGAIN...IT IS A NEAR MISS...BUT OF COURSE WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS ANY ONE OF FACTORS COULD MAKE THIS A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM FOR SOMEBODY COME MONDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION...AN EVEN STRONGER SHORT WAVE...COMING ON DOWN SOUTH...COULD PRODUCE YET ANOTHER COASTAL STORM NEXT WEDNESDAY. AGAIN...THIS LOW LOOKS TO MISS OUR AREA...MIGHT BE HITTING EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. EITHER WAY...BEHIND THE SECOND SHORTWAVE/STORM...COMES THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON AS THE POLAR VORTEX...UP OVER JAMES BAY...LOOKS TO STRENGTHEN AND PINWHEEL MORE ARCTIC AIR SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...AT 18Z A SHARP COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING THRU CNTRL NY AND MOVING EASTWARD. THE FRONT WILL PASS THRU HUDSON VALLEY AREA AROUND 20-21Z...WITH AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND LOCALLY EMBEDDED THUNDER MOVING THROUGH OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. WILL NOT MENTION THUNDER SPECIFICALLY IN THE KGFL/KALB/KPOU TAFS SINCE ACTIVITY WILL BE RATHER ISOLATED...BUT WILL APPEND CB WORDING TO TEMPO CLOUD GROUPS. VARIABLE FLYING CONDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 23Z...WITH VFR AND OCNL MVFR/IFR CONDS ASSOC WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS. WILL KEEP LLWS IN THE TAFS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THRU. SFC WINDS WILL BE MAINLY SOUTHERLY AND (QUITE GUSTY AROUND 30 KTS) AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...BUT WINDS WITHIN ANY OF THE STRONGER CONVECTIVE LINES WILL BE SW-NW. POST FRONT...SFC WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE W-WNW. CONDS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE AFT 02Z...WITH VFR CONDS RETURNING AND WINDS SPEEDS DECREASING WITH COLD ADVECTION STRATOCU DECK AROUND 4-5K FT. && .HYDROLOGY...WIDE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH LOCALLY NARROW HEAVIER CONVECTIVE BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN CENTRAL NY HAVE AVERAGED AROUND 0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES...WITH FORECAST AMOUNTS IN EASTERN NY AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 0.50-1.00 INCH THRU THE EVENING. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT FELL YESTERDAY WILL CAUSE RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL ACROSS SMALL STREAMS FROM ALBANY NORTHWARD...WITH THE MOHAWK RIVER AT UTICA AND THE WEST CANADA CREEK NEAR HINCKLEY RISING CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE AS WELL. OVERALL RIVER LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...BUT WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS THE RAIN FALLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING ACROSS AREAS FROM ALBANY NORTHWARD...WITH 1 HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES FOR SMALL STREAMS AROUND 1.00-1.50 INCHES AND 6 HR VALUES AROUND 1.50-2.25 INCHES. RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVING IN OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. && ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON EST WED UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084. VT...FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON EST WED UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY VTZ013>015. && SYNOPSIS...HWJIV SHORT TERM...HWJIV LONG TERM...HWJIV AVIATION...JPV HYDROLOGY...JPV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1017 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-171200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 1017 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
On November 17, Hinkley Reservoir began to flood before daybreak. It remained above flood stage until the early morning hour on November 18. The water crested at 1227.31 feet. Flood stage is 1227.0 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5485571.