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WGUS51 KALY 040604

FFWALY

NYC095-041000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

203 AM EDT WED SEP 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 157 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN IN SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BREAKABEEN...GILBOA...

  JEFFERSON...LIVINGSTONVILLE...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTH BLENHEIM AND

  SUMMIT



* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR WERE REPORTED FROM       

  JEFFERSON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHICH

  WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY

  DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS.   





BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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