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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

555 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF FOR A BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS 

MORNING ACROSS HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...BEFORE MORE HEAVY 

RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA AFTER 800 AM. THE HEAVY RAINS 

OVERNIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE FULMER CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS WITH 

FLOODING REPORTED IN MOHAWK. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

OVERNIGHT WERE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE IN MANY AREAS. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS OR 3 INCHES IN 6 HOURS WILL BE 

ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS 

WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED IN ADDITION TO FULMER CREEK...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. 

IN ADDITION SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE 

WEST CANADA CREEK AND THE MOHAWK RIVER. 

 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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