Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Nov 24, 2008, 4:59 PM EST for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 24, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2008, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2008, 3:20 PM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 348 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 24, 4:27 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 4:27 PM EST, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 4:51 PM EST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 NYZ032-033-042-047-058-063-082-251200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON- 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND EASTERN CATSKILLS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND SNOWFALL REPORTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE AS WELL AS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET. NYZ038>040-048-051-251200- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- WESTERN ALBANY- 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND HELDERBERGS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND SNOWFALL REPORTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE AS WELL AS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET. NYZ041-043-083-251200- NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND SNOWFALL REPORTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH...OR ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET. VTZ013-014-251200- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST OVER 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND SNOWFALL REPORTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH...OR ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-084-VTZ015- 251200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN WINDHAM- 451 PM EST MON NOV 24 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH...OR ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 14 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:22 AM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2008Every winter storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.