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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Albany, NY

January 25, 201513 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 25, 2015, 3:44 AM EST for 13 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 26, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2015, 3:44 AM EST (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 26, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 26, 2015, 4:17 AM 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, 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 08:46 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 25, 12:34 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 12:34 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 5:04 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 25, 12:58 AM EST, 2 hours 46 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 24, 8:37 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 25, 12:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	32 min
Jan 25, 4:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	48 min
Jan 25, 3:55 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 5 more	48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Vermont, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2015 Every winter storm watch in 2015

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.