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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

445 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS 

OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



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

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 WERE ALREADY HIGH.  RAIN  

OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN FAIRLY LIGHT WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING A TENTH OF 

AN INCH OR LESS.  THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK 

COULD REACH THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEYS THIS 

MORNING.  HOWEVER...IN MOST AREAS RAIN THIS MORNING WILL BE LIGHT 

AND SCATTERED.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GROW MORE NUMEROUS 

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION...AND THUNDERSTORMS 

COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

  

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

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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND IN COMBINATION WITH 

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



THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY 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 TODAY 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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