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Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Albany, NY

December 17, 200815 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 17, 2008, 3:19 PM EST for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2008, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 18, 2008, 2:16 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Dec 17, 12:29 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 12:29 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2008 Winter Storm Watches in Vermont, 2008 Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2008 Every winter storm watch 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.