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WGUS51 KALY 140910

FFWALY

NYC057-141300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

410 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANAJOHARIE



* UNTIL 800 AM EST



* AT 401 AM EST...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF 

SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANAJOHARIE

AND FORT PLAIN.



THE MILD WEATHER HAS CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLE ICE 

MOVEMENT COUPLED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING NEAR 

CANAJOHARIE. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR HAVE BEEN BETWEEN ONE HALF AN INCH TO A INCH 

AND A HALF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4285 7468 4280 7450 4297 7447 4298 7466



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