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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

April 8, 202611 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2026, 1:52 PM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 9, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
Apr 8, 2026, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Nearby

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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.