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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Albany, NY

July 30, 20096 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 30, 2009, 3:37 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jul 31, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2009, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 31, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 30, 1:37 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:37 PM EDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 10:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 10:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 10:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	15 hr
Jul 29, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	7 hr
Jul 29, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	10 hr
Jul 30, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene	3 hr
Jul 30, 10:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	8 hr
Jul 30, 12:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	18 hr
Jul 29, 11:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	15 hr
Jul 30, 1:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	4 hr
Jul 30, 3:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	7 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Vermont, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.