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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

454 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FOR EARLY THIS 

MORNING INTO TONIGHT...



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



IN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE...



IN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD...



HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL AT TIMES IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...THE EASTERN 

CATSKILLS...NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE BERKSHIRES TODAY.  THE 

RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 

BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN IS LIKELY IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  WET SNOW WILL BE 

MIXED WITH THE RAIN IN THE CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES AND TACONICS.  THE 

SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HELPING TO SOAK UP 

PART OF THE RAINFALL.  ALTHOUGH THE SNOWPACK IS HEAVY IN THE HILLS 

AND MOUNTAINS...THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT LIKELY TO GET OUT OF THE 30S 

IN MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK OR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY.  THIS WILL 

MITIGATE RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW.  AND THE SNOW THAT REMAINS ON THE 

GROUND WILL BE ABLE TO SOAK UP A PORTION OF THE RAINFALL.



STREAMS IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND ARE LIKELY 

TO RISE TO AT LEAST BANKFULL BY THIS EVENING.  IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW 

YORK...THESE INCLUDE WAPPINGERS CREEK...THE FISHKILL...AND THE 

WATERWAYS IN THE CLAVERACK BASIN.  IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...THE 

HOUSATONIC AND POMPERAUG RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE TO BANKFULL BY THIS 

EVENING.  DAMS ALONG THE NAUGATUCK RIVER AND ON ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE 

LIKELY TO KEEP IT FROM FLOODING. 



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

WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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