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WGUS61 KALY 061448
FFAALY
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1048 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
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SCHOHARIE-WESTERN ALBANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NORTH BLENHEIM, ALTAMONT,
LIVINGSTONVILLE, PRESTON HOLLOW, WESTERLO, GILBOA, JEFFERSON,
BERNE, COBLESKILL, KNOX, BREAKABEEN, AND MIDDLEBURGH
1048 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EASTERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, SCHOHARIE AND WESTERN ALBANY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AFTER A LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING,
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. SOME RIVER
POINTS MAY REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY ON THE
ESOPUS AND HOUSATONIC.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HUNTER, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW LEBANON,
THOMASTON, ARLINGTON, AMENIA, KINGSTON, MILLBROOK, GAYLORDSVILLE,
HUDSON, NORTH ADAMS, WEST HURLEY, NEW PALTZ, ELLENVILLE,
NAPANOCH, PRATTSVILLE, NEW MILFORD, WINGDALE, WEST SHOKAN,
CATSKILL, HANCOCK, WINDHAM, SOUTH EGREMONT, KERHONKSON, BEACON,
OAKVILLE, WOODSTOCK, JEFFERSON HEIGHTS, PAWLING, PINE PLAINS,
TORRINGTON, TANNERSVILLE, SANDISFIELD, TERRYVILLE, CAIRO, ATHENS,
DALTON, STANFORDVILLE, COXSACKIE, FLORIDA, PITTSFIELD, DOVER
PLAINS, SUNDOWN, AND GREAT BARRINGTON
1048 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT, BERKSHIRE
COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN
CATSKILLS, MID-HUDSON VALLEY, AND SOUTHERN TACONICS IN NEW YORK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AFTER A LULL IN SHOWER ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING,
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. SOME RIVER
POINTS MAY REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE ESOPUS AND HOUSATONIC.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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