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WGUS71 KALY 182116

FFSALY

NYC091-182200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

516 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN

SARATOGA COUNTY...



AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FOR POTENTIAL FLASH 

FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CORINTH...OR 

ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...            

     CORINTH BY 515 PM EDT...

     CONKLINGVILLE AT 525 PM...



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS 

THUNDERSTORM.



AT 445 PM GROUND TRUTH REPORTED THE BALLSTON CREEK TO NEAR BANKFULL 

...AS IT ENTERS ROUND LAKE. ALSO GRAVEL WAS WASHED FROM THE SHOULDER 

OF PIERCE ROAD IN CLIFTON PARK...AND EAST OF ROUTE 9 IN CLIFTON PARK 

ON USHER ROAD A DITCH WAS BACKED UP WITH WATER ONTO THE RIGHT HAND 

LANE.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

ALBANY.





LAT...LON 4329 7383 4326 7384 4322 7378 4328 7373

      4329 7369 4326 7367 4330 7361 4315 7360

      4311 7363 4310 7379 4310 7379 4312 7388

      4313 7396 4336 7409 4339 7407 4340 7390



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