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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Albany, NY

September 17, 201812 counties in New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood watch at Sep 17, 2018, 4:18 AM EDT for 12 counties in New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2018, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 18, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 17, 1:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 1:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.