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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

February 19, 2026Hamilton County, Warren County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2026, 1:15 PM EST for Hamilton County, Warren County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Feb 20, 2026, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 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
Feb 19, 2026, 1:15 PM EST (18:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2026, 6:28 AM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Warren County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 19, 12:45 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 12:45 PM EST, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 1:04 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYWarren12 hr
Feb 19, 1:15 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 7 more38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2026Winter Storm Warnings in Vermont, 2026Every winter storm warning in 2026

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.