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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1050 PM EDT WED APR 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS 

OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FOR EARLY THURSDAY 

MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NEW YORK...WESTERN GREENE...SCHOHARIE...HERKIMER...SCHENECTADY... 

EASTERN COLUMBIA... MONTGOMERY... HAMILTON...SARATOGA...FULTON... 

RENSSELAER...WESTERN ULSTER...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND ALBANY...



IN VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM...



IN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE... 



MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ALREADY HIGH.  RAIN 

AND SNOW MELT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS MAY BRING MANY OVER THEIR 

BANKS.  RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH 

RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING ABOUT A HALF INCH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. 

SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN THURSDAY AND 

THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MOST OF THE RAIN OVER BY EARLY FRIDAY 

MORNING.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.



WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW HAS GONE FROM VALLEY LOCATIONS...A LOT OF 

SNOW REMAINS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN SOME PARTS OF THE ADIRONDACKS 

AND GREEN MOUNTAINS THE SNOWPACK CONTAINS THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 10 

INCHES OF WATER.  IN HIGHER PARTS OF THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES

THE SNOWPACK CONTAINS OVER 5 INCHES OF WATER. WARMER AIR WILL 

GRADUALLY MOVE IN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND IN COMBINATION 

WITH THE RAIN...WILL CAUSE THE SNOWMELT TO ACCELERATE.



THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE MOHAWK RIVER WEST OF 

HERKIMER...THE METTAWEE RIVER AND THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE 

SCHOHARIE CREEK WILL AGAIN EXCEED FLOOD STAGE AS THESE AREAS ARE 

ALREADY NEAR FLOOD STAGE.  OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY ALSO 

EVENTUALLY FLOOD.  IN THE ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...RIVERS 

HAVE ONLY RISEN SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.  HOWEVER... 

SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE LIKELY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE.



REMEMBER....A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT YET 

CERTAIN. 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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