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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1049 AM EST WED JAN 28 2026
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HERKIMER NY-
1049 AM EST WED JAN 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WEST CANADA CREEK NEAR NEWPORT.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...DEPENDING ON ICE BEHAVIOR, ANY RELEASE OF THE ICE JAM OR
BUILDUP OF ADDITIONAL ICE COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN RISES OF WATER,
LEADING TO A RAPID FLOODING SITUATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1033 AM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM NEAR BRIDGE STREET IN THE
VILLAGE OF NEWPORT, WITH WATER OUT OF THE BANKS OF WEST
CANADA CREEK IN NEWPORT AND UPSTREAM OF THE VILLAGE.
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT
WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY RECEDING, BUT CONTINUE TO
FLUCTUATE WITH DAM RELEASES UPSTREAM. THEREFORE, THE THREAT
OF FLOODING DUE TO THE ICE JAM FLOOD WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
WATER LEVELS RECEDE FURTHER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWPORT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV... ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSALBANY OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY.
LAT...LON 4321 7504 4319 7501 4318 7502 4320 7505
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