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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Albany, NY

June 24, 2008Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2008, 1:18 AM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2008, 1:18 AM EDT (05:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2008, 1:52 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Berkshire County, MA

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The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:27 PM EDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 9:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1032 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ047-240315-
SCHOHARIE NY-
1032 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SCHOHARIE COUNTY...

AT 1029 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF SUMMIT...OR ABOUT OVER MARYLAND...AND MOVING
EAST AT 28 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF JEFFERSON BY 1050 PM EDT
SUMMIT AND RICHMONDVILLE BY 1055 PM EDT
6 MILES SOUTH OF COBLESKILL BY 1105 PM EDT
BREAKABEEN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF NORTH BLENHEIM BY 1110 PM EDT
MIDDLEBURGH...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHOHARIE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CENTRAL BRIDGE BY 1115 PM EDT

JPV

Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1050 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1034 PM     HAIL             THOMASTON               41.67N 73.07W
06/23/2008  E0.75 INCH       LITCHFIELD         CT   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 12:52 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:00 AM EDT, 18 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
Jun 23, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	43 min
Jun 24, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	60 min
Jun 24, 12:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	2 hr
Jun 24, 12:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia	2 hr
Jun 24, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	54 min
Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	63 min
Jun 24, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	60 min
Jun 24, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	41 min
Jun 24, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.