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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 12:59 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 7, 2008, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
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 Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 7, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Ulster | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Windham | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 118 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Windham | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Bennington | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.