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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1258 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT ALBANY HAS CANCELED THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

     SCHOHARIE...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...GREENE...ULSTER...DUTCHESS AND

     RENSSELAER



IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

     BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM



IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

     BERKSHIRE



IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

     LITCHFIELD



AT 1245 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WHICH WAS OVER THE WARNING AREAS THIS MORNING WAS MOVING 

RAPIDLY AWAY.



DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE RAIN WAS ENDING RESIDUAL RUNOFF FROM THIS 

STORM MAY STILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY REMAIN FLOODED.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND IT WILL TAKE TIME 

FOR SWOLLEN STREAMS TO RETURN TO THEIR NORMAL CHANNELS.  IT WILL 

ALSO TAKE TIME FOR AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE TO RECOVER.



RAINFALL REPORTS IN THE WARNING AREAS RANGED FROM 2 TO OVER 5 INCHES.



FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A NUMBER OF RIVERS AND SMALL 

STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 4173 7456 4149 7333 4158 7309 4178 7301

      4275 7294 4274 7251 4325 7246 4331 7324

      4291 7326 4294 7362 4277 7369 4267 7422

      4281 7464



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