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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

908 AM EST MON OCT 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ULSTER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 315 PM EST



* AT 907 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN IN ULSTER COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CLINTONDALE...ELLENVILLE...

  HURLEY...KERHONKSON...KINGSTON...LAKE KATRINE...LINCOLN PARK...

  NAPANOCH...NEW PALTZ...PHOENICIA...ROSENDALE...ROSENDALE VILLAGE...

  SUNDOWN...TILLSON...WEST HURLEY...WEST SHOKAN...WOODSTOCK...

  BLOOMINGTON...BOICEVILLE...FROST VALLEY...HARDENBURG...MODENA...

  MOHONK LAKE...MOUNT TREMPER...OLIVEBRIDGE...OLIVEREA...

  PEEKAMOOSE...RIGGSVILLE...SHANDAKEN AND ULSTER HEIGHTS



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

PAST SEVERAL HOURS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ULSTER COUNTY.  WITH 

THE SLOW MOVING FRONT...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 

3 PM TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN 

EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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.



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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