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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1046 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...CATSKILL



* UNTIL 445 PM EST



* AT 1036 AM EST...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN       

  GREENE COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS TO 1.5 INCHES         

  HAVING ALREADY FALLEN. THE RAIN WAS QUICKLY ADVANCING NORTH

  AND EAST.



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

  BALTIMORE...LANESVILLE...PRATTSVILLE AND COXSACKIE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ALONG

SECTIONS OF THE STONY CLOVE CREEK...BUSHNELLSVILLE CREEK...THE WEST

KILL...THE EAST KILL...CATSKILL CREEK...STONY BROOK...BASIC CREEK...

THORP CREEK...COB CREEK...BOWERY CREEK...THE PLATTE KILL...BATAVIA

KILL...SHINGLE KILL AND GOOSEBERRY CREEK. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4211 7409 4218 7404 4219 7400 4215 7392

      4219 7388 4230 7380 4245 7379 4244 7393

      4241 7412 4240 7420 4235 7426 4235 7442

      4220 7452 4212 7429



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