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WGUS51 KALY 230211
FFWALY
NYC043-230415-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1011 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LITTLE FALLS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1006 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED ON ROUTES 168 AND 5S NEAR GERMAN FLATS. BOTH ROADS ARE
CLOSED IN GERMAN FLATS.
*DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL
CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRIGHTS
CORNERS...NEWVILLE...KELHI CORNERS...JACKSONBURG...FORT HERKIMER...
FINK BASIN...EATONVILLE...EAST HERKIMER AND DAYS ROCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 4297 7501 4310 7496 4307 7482 4290 7483
4289 7486 4289 7488 4287 7488 4285 7492
4291 7513
HWJIV
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