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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Albany, NY

January 31, 202115 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 31, 2021, 4:11 PM EST for 15 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 1, 2021, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2021, 4:11 PM EST (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 2, 2021, 9:28 PM EST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 31, 12:37 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 12:37 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 6:00 AM EST, 10 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 4:11 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 8 more50 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in New York, 2021Winter Weather Advisories in Vermont, 2021Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2021Every winter weather advisory in 2021

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.