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WGUS71 KALY 230717

FFSALY

NYZ032-033-038-231000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

318 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HERKIMER AND HAMILTON 

COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 

AM. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ESTIMATED BETWEEN 

RAQUETTE LAKE AND ATWELL AND BETWEEN ILION AND WEST WINFIELD. AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 

AN INCH AND A HALF IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS. STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS INCLUDE  

INDIAN BROOK...BOTTLE BROOK...WHEELER CREEK...LIMEKILN CREEK...THE 

SOUTH BRANCH OF THE MOOSE RIVER...BENEDICT CREEK...SUMNER 

STREAM...FERGUSON CREEK...STEELE CREEK...MOYER CREEK...NORTH 

WINFIELD CREEK AND FULMER CREEK. IN ADDITION SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK 

RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE WEST CANADA CREEK AND THE MOHAWK RIVER. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES,

DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A

FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATER.

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