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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

559 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 553 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT      

  FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING DOWNSTREAM OF THE HADLOCK POND DAM    

  WHICH FAILED ON SATURDAY EVENING. SEVERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED     

  ALONG A TRIBUTARY OF THE HALFWAY CREEK BELOW THE DAM. STATE ROUTE  

  149 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN BUTTERMILK FALLS ROAD AND US ROUTE 4 IN 

  FORT ANN. NUMEROUS OTHER LOCAL ROADS ARE CLOSED AS WELL INCLUDING  

  HADLOCK POND ROAD...JOE GREEN ROAD...ATKINSON ROAD...TRIPOLI       

  ROAD...PATTEN MILLS ROAD AND GOODMAN ROAD.



FLOODING IS LIKELY ON THE HALFWAY CREEK DOWN TO FORT ANN AND A 

SIGNIFICANT RISE IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ON THE CHAMPLAIN CANAL BETWEEN 

FORT EDWARD AND WHITEHALL. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND 

YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE AFFECTED STREAMS.



FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES 

AVAILABLE. 



LAT...LON 4332 7361 4332 7345 4350 7345 4350 7364



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