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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

932 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2005



NYC031-170330-

ESSEX NY-

932 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR ESSEX

COUNTY NEW YORK...



AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ESSEX COUNTY NEW 

YORK. LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSINGS DUE TO 

FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG AND 

SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND 10 MILES NORTH OF MINERVA TO 

NORTH HUDSON TO MORIAH TO CROWN POINT...MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 

15 MPH.



MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED NEAR...

  MORIAH...UNDERWOOD AND MINEVILLE BY 935 PM EDT...

  ELIZABETHTOWN BY 1010 PM EDT...

  WADHAMS AND KEENE VALLEY BY 1015 PM EDT...

  LEWIS BY 1020 PM EDT...

  AND KEENE BY 1025 PM EDT.



RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

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

AREAS IN ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING. A STATE OF EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY 

NEW YORK.



LAT...LON 4397 7426 4411 7427 4414 7409 4440 7414

      4443 7367 4453 7347 4454 7335 4445 7330

      4426 7332 4408 7344 4381 7340 4375 7406

      4378 7404 4382 7412 4382 7422 4392 7433



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