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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1120 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF 

EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 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... 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACTIVE THIS MORNING FROM THE CENTRAL 

MOHAWK VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST ADIRONDACKS TO THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA 

REGION.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG ROUTE 28 FROM MCKEEVER TO RAQUETTE 

LAKE WITH UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.



MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH WERE ALREADY HIGH.  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.



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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