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WGUS71 KALY 242055

FFSALY

NYZ043-084-242200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

456 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 600 PM...



SEVERAL LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL WASHINGTON 

COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN.  THE ACTIVITY HAS 

DIMINISHED...BUT SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 600 PM.



PIKE BROOK IS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLOODING...WITH THE MT. HOPE 

BROOK...MUD BROOK AND WOOD CREEK ALSO AT RISK. MUD SLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE.  DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR STORM DRAINS AND 

DRAINAGE CULVERTS.



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

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT 

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 

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