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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

515 AM EST THU MAR 21 2001

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 

THIS EVENING...FOR THE MID HUDSON REGION OF NEW YORK STATE...AND 

FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES EASTERN ULSTER AND ALL OF DUTCHESS COUNTIES 

IN NEW YORK...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. 



A STORM CENTERED OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST PRODUCED HEAVY 

PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING.  SINCE 

MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN FAIRLY LIGHT EXCEPT OVER 

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.  AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A 

QUARTER OF RAIN WAS COMMON ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY...WITH LESSER 

AMOUNTS TO THE WEST IN NEW YORK.  SIGNIFICANT RISES HAVE ALREADY 

OCCURRED ON THE SOME RIVERS INCLUDING THE NAUGATUCK RIVER AND THE WEST 

BRANCH OF THE FARMINGTON RIVER.  



ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL TODAY WITH SNOW MIXING IN OVER HIGHER 

ELEVATIONS.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  MELTING SNOW WILL ADD TO THE RUNOFF THIS MORNING. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT CERTAIN.  FLOOD 

WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ACTUALLY 

OBSERVED. 

   

IF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IS CLOSE TO A RIVER OR STREAM IN SOUTHEAST 

NEW YORK OR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...YOU SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON 

CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 

BROADCASTS...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT W E B...DOT N W S...DOT

C E S T M...DOT ALBANY...DOT E D U. 

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