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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Albany, NY

January 31, 201115 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 31, 2011, 3:39 AM EST for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 31, 2011, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2011, 3:15 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 08:39 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 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 Jan 31, 12:33 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 12:33 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:47 PM EST, 10 hours 52 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
Jan 31, 3:15 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more	52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in Vermont, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2011 Every winter storm 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.