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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

126 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WATERVLIET...LATHAM...DELMAR...

  COLONIE...COHOES...ALBANY

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...CHATHAM

  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TROY...RENSSELAER...NASSAU...HOOSICK

  FALLS...EAST GREENBUSH



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 110 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  OVER 3 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF ALBANY...RENSSELAER AND COLUMBIA     

  COUNTIES WITH 3.3 INCHES REPORTED AT KINDERHOOK.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CENTER BRUNSWICK...WYANTSKILL...WYNANTSKILL...WESTERLO...WEST SAND

  LAKE...VOORHEESVILLE...VALATIE...STEPHENTOWN...SELKIRK...RAVENA...

  PHILMONT...NEW LEBANON...MENANDS...LOUDONVILLE...LIVINGSTON...

  KINDERHOOK...GUILDERLAND...GREEN ISLAND...GRAFTON...FEURA BUSH...

  COPAKE...CLERMONT...CLAVERACK...CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON...BERNE...

  BERLIN...AVERILL PARK...AUSTERLITZ...ANCRAM AND ALTAMONT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALBANY...COLUMBIA AND RENSSELAER 

COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG SECTIONS OF THE TENMILE 

CREEK...HANNACROIS CREEK...EIGHTMILE CREEK...CATSKILL CREEK...BLACK 

CREEK...TAGHKANIC CREEK...KINDERHOOK CREEK...VALATIE 

KILL...WYOMANOCK CREEK...THE ROELIFF JANSEN KILL...KRONK 

BROOK...EAST BROOK...THE QUACKEN KILL...BLACK BROOK AND THE POESTEN 

KILL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ALBANY.



LAT...LON 4241 7423 4247 7377 4229 7377 4210 7392

      4199 7355 4232 7344 4262 7333 4293 7328

      4293 7364 4275 7368 4279 7373 4273 7414

      4257 7421



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