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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

May 17, 200914 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this freeze warning at May 17, 2009, 4:11 AM EDT for 14 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at May 18, 2009, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 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: May 17, 2009, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2009, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 18, 2009, 4:21 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 16, 7:54 PM EDT, 8 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:54 PM EDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:02 PM EDT, 12 hours 9 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
May 17, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	5 hr
May 17, 6:09 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ALY	Oneida	27 hr
May 17, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	21 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New York, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Vermont, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009 Every freeze warning 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.