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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Albany, NY

July 12, 2023Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2023, 4:14 PM EDT for Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 46 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 12, 2023, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:36 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:36 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:59 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDT, 7 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 11, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	37 min
Jul 11, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	23 min
Jul 11, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	35 min
Jul 11, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	31 min
Jul 12, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	24 min
Jul 12, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	32 min
Jul 12, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	37 min
Jul 12, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	23 min
Jul 12, 3:06 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Rensselaer and 4 more	57 hr
Jul 12, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	39 min
Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	38 min
Jul 12, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	29 min
Jul 12, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	27 min
Jul 12, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	30 min
Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer	2 hr
Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	31 min
Jul 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	30 min
Jul 12, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	32 min
Jul 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	37 min
Jul 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	33 min
Jul 12, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Rensselaer	2 hr
Jul 12, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	26 min
Jul 12, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	38 min
Jul 12, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	34 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	31 min
Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	34 min
Jul 12, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	31 min
Jul 12, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	38 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.