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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

125 PM EST SAT FEB 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 723 PM

EST SATURDAY FOR



NEW YORK...

         SCHOHARIE                     MONTGOMERY

         WESTERN SCHENECTADY



THE RIVER GAGE AT BURTONSVILLE ON SCHOHARIE CREEK HAS SHOWN 

SIGNIFICANT RISES SINCE ABOUT 900 AM AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT GONE 

ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 6.0 FEET AT THE GAGE...EVACUATIONS ARE 

OCCURRING AT BURTONSVILLE.



IT APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE AN ICE JAM IN THE VICINITY OF 

BURTONSVILLE.  THE STREAM LEVEL HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY SINCE ABOUT 

100 PM.  DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE SITUATION AND TO THE 

UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF ICE JAMS THIS WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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