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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

953 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR 

PARTS OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FOR EARLY FRIDAY 

MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.



A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC AND NEW 

ENGLAND COAST ON FRIDAY.  THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN TO 

THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...NORTHWEST 

CONNECTICUT AND THE BERKSHIRES.  RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING.  

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO 

INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES.



IN THE MID HUDSON REGION AND CATSKILLS...HEAVY SNOW IN HIGHER 

ELEVATIONS OF THE RONDOUT AND ESOPUS BASINS WILL SOAK UP PART OF 

THE RAIN.  HOWEVER...THERE IS MUCH LESS SNOW OVER THE 

WAPPINGER...FISHKILL...AND CLAVERACK BASINS TO THE EAST...AND THOSE 

STREAMS WILL PROBABLY RISE TO AT LEAST BANKFULL LEVELS BY FRIDAY 

EVENING. 



THE RAIN IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVIEST IN THE LOWER HOUSATONIC AND 

NAUGATUCK BASINS IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT.  IT WILL BRING THE 

HOUSATONIC TO BANKFULL BY FRIDAY EVENING.  THE POMPERAUG RIVER IN 

SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WILL ALSO RISE CLOSE TO BANKFULL BY 

FRIDAY EVENING.  DAMS ALONG THE NAUGATUCK AND ON ITS TRIBUTARIES 

WILL KEEP THAT RIVER WITHIN ITS BANKS. 



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NEW YORK...GREENE...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS AND ULSTER...



IN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE...



IN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD...



CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY 

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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

WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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