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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Albany, NY

February 26, 20137 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 26, 2013, 3:46 AM EST for 7 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Feb 26, 2013, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2013, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2013, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 26, 2013, 4:04 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Albany County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 Feb 26, 3:30 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:30 AM EST, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:44 PM EST, 11 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 3:30 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALYColumbia, Rensselaer24 hr
Feb 26, 4:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALYAlbany, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Ulster, Warren36 hr
Feb 26, 4:04 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYAlbany, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2013Winter Storm Watches in Vermont, 2013Every winter storm 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.