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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2020, 6:32 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2020, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2020, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rensselaer County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 29, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
459 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0419 PM HAIL 1 N BROADALBIN 43.07N 74.20W
08/29/2020 M1.50 INCH FULTON NY SOCIAL MEDIA
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY2002903
DBTLocal storm report, Aug 29, 5:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 29, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie, Ulster | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 29 min |
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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.