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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Albany, NY

August 17, 2019Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 6:09 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2019, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
422 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-181100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-
Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-
Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
422 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, east central New York, eastern New York and
southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.
There is a slight risk of thunderstorms this evening, producing
damaging winds of 58 mph or greater and or large hail quarter size or
greater. Some locally heavy rainfall may also cause flooding of low
lying areas and ponding of water on roads.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms each day Sunday through
Wednesday, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. Any
thunderstorm will be capable of locally heavy rainfall which may lead
to water ponding on roadways and poor drainage flooding in low lying
areas.

The combination of heat and high humidity may allow heat index
values to approach or exceed heat advisory levels during the
afternoon hours Monday and Tuesday in the Hudson Valley.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:57 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:58 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:59 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:03 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:03 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego36 min
Aug 16, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida49 min
Aug 16, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida35 min
Aug 16, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie46 min
Aug 16, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie50 min
Aug 16, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida34 min
Aug 17, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton58 min
Aug 17, 2:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchenectady2 hr
Aug 17, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer26 min
Aug 17, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSchenectady96 min
Aug 17, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady54 min
Aug 17, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga37 min
Aug 17, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga46 min
Aug 17, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton25 min
Aug 17, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida34 min
Aug 17, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga52 min
Aug 17, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer3 hr
Aug 17, 3:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer3 hr
Aug 17, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton32 min
Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren58 min
Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHamilton, Warren2 hr
Aug 17, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery26 min
Aug 17, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga36 min
Aug 17, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren35 min
Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga61 min
Aug 17, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton24 min
Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie58 min
Aug 17, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington65 min
Aug 17, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie55 min
Aug 17, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady60 min
Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington56 min
Aug 17, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie24 min
Aug 17, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany35 min
Aug 17, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany27 min
Aug 17, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene36 min
Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia, Rensselaer44 min
Aug 17, 7:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster118 min
Aug 17, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Ulster57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.