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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Albany, NY

September 3, 201115 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Sep 3, 2011, 4:07 AM EDT for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 4, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2011, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 4, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2011, 6:34 AM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: None

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 08:13 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 Sep 3, 1:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2011 Flash Flood Watches in Vermont, 2011 Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2011 Every flash flood watch in 2011

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.