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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

918 PM EST MON OCT 27 2003



IN EASTERN NEW YORK

     GREENE AND ULSTER



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE AND ULSTER COUNTIES.  THE RAIN HAS 

MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.



DESPITE THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL OVER THE WARNING AREA TODAY...NO 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AND A NUMBER 

OF LOCATIONS REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES. HAINES FALLS IN GREENE COUNTY 

RECEIVED 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN.



MANY STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN AND SOME ARE NEAR BANKFULL.  ADDITIONAL 

RUNOFF IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT AND CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED. 



FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO 

OCCUR AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AS LEAVES THAT HAVE FALLEN OFF THE TREES 

AND LOOSE DEBRIS OFTEN BLOCK STORM DRAINS...AND CAUSE PONDING OF 

WATER ON ROADWAYS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 4243 7379 4158 7398 4200 7475 4233 7442



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