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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

210 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT

  BARRINGTON



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2.5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF BERKSHIRE 

  COUNTY.



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

  WILLIAMSTOWN...SHEFFIELD...SAVOY...OTIS...NEW ASHFORD...LENOX...

  LEE...HOUSATONIC...FLORIDA...EAST WINDSOR...CHESHIRE...BECKET...

  ASHLEY FALLS AND ADAMS.



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

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT ALONG SECTIONS OF THE 

BALDWIN BROOK...FURNACE BROOK...PARKER BROOK...BERRY POND 

CREEK...MOUNT LEBANON BROOK...TRIBUTARIES OF THE HOOSIC 

RIVER...LILLY BROOK...WHITMAN BROOK...DANIELS BROOK AND TOWN BROOK.



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 4206 7348 4204 7307 4215 7309 4224 7301

      4237 7309 4243 7301 4251 7298 4270 7299

      4274 7309 4274 7325 4239 7338 4221 7344



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