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Flood Watch 8, NWS Albany, NY

December 21, 20136 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Dec 21, 2013, 4:39 AM EST for 6 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2013, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 22, 2013, 12:29 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 Dec 21, 4:04 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 4:04 AM EST, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 10:11 PM EST, 6 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 4:04 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington34 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2013Every flood watch in 2013

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.