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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2008, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 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 Jul 26, 7:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 708 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 MAZ001-025-262345- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA- 708 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY... AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BARRINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BECKET BY 730 PM EDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF EAST WINDSOR BY 745 PM EDT WASULA
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 7:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 66 min |
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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.