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Flood Watch 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Mar 6, 2008, 3:17 PM EST for 14 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 4:03 AM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2008, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2008, 4:03 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 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, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 Mar 6, 12:15 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 12:15 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 25 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in New York, 2008Flood Watches in Vermont, 2008Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2008Every 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.