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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Albany, NY

August 6, 2026Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT for Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 6, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 8:03 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Columbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady48 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer39 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster46 min
Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer40 min
Aug 6, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene41 min
Aug 6, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Ulster46 min
Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer44 min
Aug 6, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany34 min
Aug 6, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess48 min
Aug 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie45 min
Aug 6, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego53 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess41 min
Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie48 min
Aug 6, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie55 min
Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie99 min
Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer45 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.