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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1249 PM 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 MOVED OVER THE WATCH 

AREA THIS MORNING.  AT 1240 PM THEY WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF 

THE REGION INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.  ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WILL BE 

IMPROVING FLOODING COULD STILL OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS WITH POOR 

DRAINAGE...AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS WHICH HAVE A HISTORY OF FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS COULD REDEVELOP THIS 

AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING WERE ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH OR TWO.  

PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVED ALMOST 1.5 INCHES IN ABOUT 45 

MINUTES.



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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