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Flood Watch 16, NWS Albany, NY

September 22, 201113 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Sep 22, 2011, 3:35 PM EDT for 13 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 23, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2011, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 24, 2011, 3:46 AM EDT
In force: 16 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, 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 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 flood watch went out at Sep 22, 1:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 1:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 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
Sep 22, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	34 min
Sep 22, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	30 min
Sep 22, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	28 min
Sep 22, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	26 min
Sep 22, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	52 min
Sep 22, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	2 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2011 Flood Watches in Vermont, 2011 Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2011 Every 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.