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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1038 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NEW YORK...HAMILTON...SCHOHARIE...MONTGOMERY...ALBANY...

COLUMBIA...GREENE...ULSTER...DUTCHESS...SCHENECTADY...RENSSELAER...

HERKIMER...SARATOGA...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND FULTON...



IN VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM...



IN MASSACHUSETTS...1...BERKSHIRE...



IN CONNECTICUT...1...LITCHFIELD...





THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

EVENING MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN

NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE FLOODING WOULD RESULT

FROM EXCESSIVE RUNOFF DUE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND AN ADDITIONAL

1 TO 2 INCHES OF WATER FROM MELTING SNOW. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION

WILL RESULT FROM A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE 

INTO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND TENNESSEE VALLEY ON

WEDNESDAY.



THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY AND

CATSKILLS EAST INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE UPPER

HUDSON RIVER...THE METTAWEE RIVER...THE BATTEN KILL...THE HOOSIC

RIVER...THE SCHOHARIE CREEK...THE ESOPUS CREEK...THE RONDOUT

CREEK...THE WAPPINGERS CREEK...THE HOUSATONIC RIVER...THE TEN MILE

RIVER...THE STILL RIVER AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES. THE INITIAL RISES ON

THESE BODIES OF WATER WILL RESULT FROM SNOWMELT AS HIGH TEMPERATURES

IN THE 40S TO MID 50S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S ARE

EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM

SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNEDAY MORNING WITH THE

HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM MID MORNING WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY

EVENING. WHILE MOST AREAS ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF

RAIN...FAVORED UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREEN

MOUNTAINS...BERKSHIRES...TACONICS...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND LITCHFIELD

HILLS COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. THE THREAT OF FLOODING

WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS COLDER AIR RETURNS

TO THE REGION.



IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND

RIVERS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS POSES AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD AS

STORM DRAINS MAY BE CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.   



CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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