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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

344 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

     NORTHEASTERN ALBANY...



INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...LOUDENVILLE...COLONIE...LATHAM AND

WESTMERE.



AT 337 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN A VERY 

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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