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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2008, 1:43 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 11, 2008, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY
The radar
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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 Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 103 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ059>061-064>066-121100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 103 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER THE MAIN THREAT. THERE ALSO IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN LOCATIONS...MAINLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OF NEW YORK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ032-033-041>043-083-084-VTZ013>015-121100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 103 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL. THERE ALSO IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN LOCATIONS...MAINLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OF NEW YORK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MAZ001-NYZ038>040-047>054-058-063-082-121100- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON- 103 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL. THERE ALSO IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN LOCATIONS...MAINLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OF NEW YORK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 11, 12:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1244 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 NYZ052-053-059-060-111730- WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN ALBANY NY- 1244 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ALBANY...COLUMBIA...GREENE AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES... AT 1242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RENSSELAER TO RAVENA TO ATHENS TO CATSKILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RENSSELAER TO 7 MILES WEST OF NASSAU TO HUDSON TO CATSKILL...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEW BALTIMORE BY 1250 PM EDT ALBANY AND RAVENA BY 100 PM EDT SELKIRK AND DELMAR BY 105 PM EDT DELMAR BY 110 PM EDT FEURA BUSH AND GUILDERLAND BY 130 PM EDT RAINFALL RATES OF CLOSE TO ONE INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. THIS WILL LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER OF ROADS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. JPV
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:47 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 11:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 12:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 113 min |
| Aug 11, 12:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 81 min |
| Aug 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
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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.