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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

836 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 824 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY 

RAIN IN SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE 

ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.



IN THE PAST 38 HOURS ENDING AT 830 PM...WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN AREA 

BETWEEN LITTLE FALLS AND THE BLACK CREEK RESERVOIR.  THE AREAS WITH 

THE HEAVIEST TOTAL RAINFALL HAS INCREASED IN SIZE.



AT 545 PM THERE WAS A REPORT OF STANDING WATER ON ROUTE 5 NEAR 

LITTLE FALLS...AND THAT SOME MUD AND ROCKS HAD COLLECTED ON THE ROAD.



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.



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.



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