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WGUS71 KBTV 060115

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NYC019-031-060600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

915 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON AND ESSEX

COUNTIES IN NEW YORK UNTIL 2 AM...



AT 9 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING AN

EXPENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE NORTHERN HUDSON RIVER

VALLEY NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH

AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA

THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS COULD

EXCEED 3 INCHES.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1

TO 2 INCHES BUT VERY LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES...

INCLUDING NEAR AUSABLE FORKS IN ESSEX COUNTY...WHERE WEVE

RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES.



FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ROADS AND BASEMENTS ARE

LIKELY AS WELL AS CREEKS...STREAMS...SMALL RIVERS. FLASH FLOODING...

WASH OUTS AND MUD SLIDES COULD OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.



IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF

WATER COVERS THE ROAD...DONT CROSS THE ROAD - TURN AROUND...DONT

DROWN.



AGAIN...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLINTON AND ESSEX COUNTIES

REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.. ALSO...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL

4 AM WEDNESDAY.



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