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WGUS71 KBTV 092238

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NYC031-100015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

638 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR ESSEX

COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE...



AT 630 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS CLOSED ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE. OVER 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILMINGTON...

WILLSBORO...WADHAMS...UPPER JAY...UNDERWOOD...NORTH HUDSON...

MORIAH...MINEVILLE...LEWIS...LAKE PLACID...KEENE VALLEY...KEENE...

JAY...ELIZABETHTOWN...CROWN POINT CENTER AND CROWN POINT.



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. THE AUSABLE RIVER WILL BE 

RISING VERY QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS AND MAY FLOOD. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4377 7403 4382 7345 4423 7339 4449 7340

      4437 7410



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