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Flood Watch 3, NWS Albany, NY

February 5, 200812 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Feb 5, 2008, 3:33 PM EST for 12 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 3:33 PM EST (20:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 7, 2008, 4:38 AM EST
In force: 22 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, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 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 flood watch went out at Feb 5, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 9:41 AM EST, 5 hours 52 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
Feb 5, 4:14 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	5 hr
Feb 5, 3:10 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	14 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2008 Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2008 Every 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.