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WGUS51 KALY 182010

FFWALY

NYC091-182200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

410 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...MECHANICVILLE...  

  CLIFTON PARK AND ROUND LAKE.



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLIFTON PARK AND ROUND     

  LAKE...OR ABOUT   OVER CLIFTON PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  OVER ROUND LAKE BY 405 PM EDT

  3 MILES EAST OF BALLSTON SPA BY 430 PM EDT

  3 MILES EAST OF MILTON BY 505 PM EDT

  OVER SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 515 PM EDT



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN LESS 

THAN AN HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ALONG INTERSTATE 87.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4329 7382 4326 7384 4322 7377 4328 7373

      4329 7369 4326 7367 4330 7361 4298 7362

      4290 7368 4278 7369 4281 7375 4278 7381

      4284 7389 4336 7408 4338 7406 4339 7389



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