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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

215 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

THROUGH TONIGHT...



IN NEW YORK...EASTERN GREENE...WESTERN COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS AND 

EASTERN ULSTER...



IN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE...



IN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD...



BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 

FLOOD WATCH AREA.  RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE LIGHT...WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR 

LESS.  HOWEVER...STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING NEAR 

BANKFULL...AND THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF CAUSED BY THE LIGHT RAIN AND BY 

MELTING SNOW...COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE STREAMS AND RIVERS TO GO 

OVER THEIR BANKS.



A FLOOD WARNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE HOUSATONIC RIVER IN 

CONNECTICUT...FROM GAYLORDSVILLE SOUTH.



WAPPINGERS CREEK IN DUTCHESS COUNTY WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR 

FLOODING THIS EVENING. 



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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