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WGUS51 KALY 182352

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

750 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ULSTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE 

  MOVING EAST NORTHEAST...AND WILL PASS OVER AN AREA OF ULSTER COUNTY

  THAT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED HAD RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF 

  RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING.



* THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAD FALLEN EARLIER INCLUDES 

  ALL AREAS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE ASHOKAN RESERVOIR. SOME

  VILLAGES IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORGAN

  HILL...STONY HOLLOW...OLIVEBRIDGE...WEST HURLEY...PACAMA...ASHOKAN

  AND SWEAT MEADOWS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



BY 900 PM...THE NEW AREA OF HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO EXPAND INTO THE 

TOWN OF SAUGERTIES...WHICH EARLIER HAD ALSO RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN.  



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4186 7427 4192 7396 4205 7395 4201 7425

      4199 7431



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