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WGUS71 KALY 140245

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1045 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005



NYC113-140415-

WARREN NY-

1045 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005



...SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN WARREN COUNTY AND MORE 

HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY...



THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN MOVING INTO WARREN COUNTY AT 1030 PM AND 

WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AGGRAVATING ONGOING FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR WARREN 

COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE BOLTON AND CHESTERTOWN 

AREAS DUE TO FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUDSLIDE 

HAS CLOSED THE NORTHWAY BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 24.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 6 INCHES OF  

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS IN  WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN 

DARROWSVILLE...RIVERBANK AND NORTH BOLTON. A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS 

HAS REPEATEDLY MOVED ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.   



RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA 

GO TO HIGHER GROUND. THE SCHROON RIVER WAS RISING RAPIDLY AND WAS 

WITHIN A FOOT AND A HALF OF FLOOD STAGE AT 10 PM.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NOW THAT IT IS DARK.  FLOOD DANGERS ARE 

DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT.



LAT...LON 4336 7385 4328 7377 4332 7363 4372 7362

      4371 7422



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