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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

958 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST 

NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...



COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DUTCHESS IN NEW YORK...BENNINGTON 

AND WINDHAM IN VERMONT..BERKSHIRE IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND LITCHFIELD 

IN CONNECTICUT.



OTHER COUNTIES WHICH HAVE ALSO HAD HEAVY RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING 

INCLUDE GREENE AND ULSTER COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO THE 

WATCH AREA.  THEY ARE MOVING QUICKLY BUT THERE IS A CONCERN THAT 

THERE COULD BE A TRAINING EFFECT.  THIS MEANS THAT STORMS COULD MOVE 

OVER THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY.  FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING 

AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS WHICH HAVE A 

HISTORY OF FLOODING.



SINCE THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO THE GROUND 

IS SATURATED.



IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO A SAVE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.



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