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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...
TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...
WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...
KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...
PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...
MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...
WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
400 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...
 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
 VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
 CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN
 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN
 BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN ALBANY...EASTERN
 COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS...EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN
 RENSSELAER...EASTERN SCHENECTADY...EASTERN ULSTER...HAMILTON...
 MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN HERKIMER...NORTHERN
 SARATOGA...NORTHERN WARREN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SCHOHARIE...
 SOUTHEAST WARREN...SOUTHERN FULTON...SOUTHERN HERKIMER...
 SOUTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALBANY...
 WESTERN COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE...WESTERN
 RENSSELAER...WESTERN SCHENECTADY AND WESTERN ULSTER. IN
 SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON...EASTERN WINDHAM AND WESTERN
 WINDHAM.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
  MOVING ACROSS OUR REGION WILL FOCUS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  EARLY THIS EVENING. MUCH OF THE REGION HAS RECEIVED 4 TO 8
  INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE LAST WEEK WHICH HAS SATURATED THE
  GROUND...AND WITH LITTLE DRYING TAKING PLACE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS
  WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN MOST AREAS. THE
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING
  WILL BE SLOW MOVING...GENERALLY MOVING FROM WEST SOUTHWEST TO
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREA...AND COULD
  PRODUCE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
  TIME. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE AREAS THAT WILL BE
  MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING AS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
  CLOSELY RELATED TO SURFACE HEATING. DUE TO UNSTABLE AIR STILL IN
  PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...EVEN SHORT INTERVALS OF SUNSHINE MAY BE
  ENOUGH TO HELP PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER
IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
IN ALBANY.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL
AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHOM WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY.

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