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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

847 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



NYC035-260230-

FULTON NY-

847 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE VERY HEAVY 

RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF FULTON COUNTY THIS 

EVENING. THREE TO AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

FOLLOWING BASINS...EAST CANADA CREEK...NORTH CREEK...MOOSE  

CREEK...AYERS CREEK AND STONY BROOK. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS FINALLY WEAKEN. 



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 WILL FLOOD.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODING. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 4305 7477 4310 7450 4324 7418 4325 7454

      4330 7480



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