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WGUS51 KALY 180553

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

153 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAUGERTIES...NEW PALTZ...KINGSTON...

  ELLENVILLE



* UNTIL 745 AM EDT



* AT 140 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 40 IN PHOENICIA AS STREAMS

  IN THE AREA HAD OVERFLOWED ONTO THE ROADWAY.



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

  PLATTEKILL...OLIVEBRIDGE...MOUNT TREMPER...MODENA...WOODSTOCK...

  WEST SHOKAN...WEST HURLEY...TILLSON...PORT EWEN...PHOENICIA...

  NAPANOCH...LAKE KATRINE...HURLEY AND HIGHLAND.



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 MUCH OF ULSTER COUNTY FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF THE ESOPUS CREEK 

AS WELL AS SECTIONS OF THE LUCAS KILL...HIGH FALLS BROOK...DRY 

BROOK...PLATTEKILL CREEK...STONY CLOVE CREEK...THE BEAVER 

KILL...ALDER CREEK...AND THE PANTHER 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 4174 7456 4162 7434 4165 7426 4161 7419

      4162 7412 4160 7397 4175 7395 4191 7397

      4213 7393 4216 7403 4210 7407 4209 7415

      4216 7445 4203 7478 4188 7444



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