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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Albany, NY

July 28, 2019Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2019, 5:44 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 28, 2019, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2019, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Berkshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 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 Jul 27, 7:24 PM EDT, 22 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:24 PM EDT, 22 hours 20 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
Jul 27, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren, Washington	38 min
Jul 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	33 min
Jul 28, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	38 min
Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	46 min
Jul 28, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	46 min
Jul 28, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	53 min
Jul 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	38 min
Jul 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	49 min
Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	60 min
Jul 28, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Putnam	43 min
Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	47 min
Jul 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	46 min
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Franklin	32 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	41 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2019 Every 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.