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WGUS71 KALY 250124

FFSALY

NYC091-115-250215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

925 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004



IN EASTERN NEW YORK

     CENTRAL SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     BALLSTON SPA...CAMBRIDGE...CORINTH...FORT EDWARD...GREENWICH...

     MILTON...ROCK CITY FALLS...SALEM AND SARATOGA SPRINGS



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED.



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES 

FELL OVER CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WERE 

ISOLATED AREAS WHICH MAY HAVE HAD 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN.



IN EXTREME SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ESTIMATED AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 

4 TO 6 INCHES WITH A FEW 8 INCH AMOUNTS.



THERE WERE REPORTS OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS RUNNING OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS AND A NUMBER OF ROADS WERE FLOODED.



LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME 

FOR THE FLOODING TO ABATE.  



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 4331 7329 4297 7331 4295 7393 4327 7403



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