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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

452 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 441 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AND A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST.  IN ADDITION... 

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THIS AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL THROUGH 1045 PM EDT INCLUDE...



   STONY CREEK...WEST GLENS FALLS...

   GLENS FALLS...

   GARNET LAKE...

   LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE...

   WARRENSBURG...



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKE LUZERNE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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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