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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

242 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...CATSKILL...



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN ACROSS THE CATSKILLS

  IN GREENE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDHAM...

  PRATTSVILLE AND COXSACKIE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON 

SOME SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BUT NOT LIMITED TO 

THE FOLLOWING SMALL STREAMS...CATSKILL CREEK...JAN DE BAKKERS

KILL...WEST KILL...SHINGLE KILL...COB CREEK AND THE STONY CLOVE 

CREEK. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ALBANY.



LAT...LON 4220 7453 4212 7427 4210 7394 4230 7380

      4244 7381 4240 7423 4236 7426 4234 7444



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