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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Albany, NY

July 20, 200815 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 20, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2008, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 20, 1:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 8:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 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 20, 8:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 20, 9:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery	54 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery	55 min
Jul 20, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	39 min
Jul 20, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	24 min
Jul 20, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	50 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	30 min
Jul 20, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene, Schoharie	58 min
Jul 20, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	55 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	44 min
Jul 20, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Vermont, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2008 Every flash flood watch in 2008

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.