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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

March 12, 2026Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 12, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 Mar 12, 1:25 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 1:25 PM EDT, 16 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
Mar 11, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	45 min
Mar 12, 1:26 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery and 4 more	12 hr
Mar 12, 1:28 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	12 hr
Mar 12, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Warren	4 days
Mar 12, 1:41 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Greene, Ulster, Warren	48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2026 Every 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.