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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

303 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FONDA...CANAJOHARIE...AMSTERDAM...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN ACROSS MONTGOMERY    

  COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF

  THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRIBES

  HILL...ST. JOHNSVILLE...HAGAMAN...FORT PLAIN AND FORT JOHNSON.



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 OTSQUAGO CREEK...CAROGA CREEK...AURIES

CREEK...AND FLAT 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 4287 7476 4278 7444 4279 7428 4280 7426

      4281 7426 4290 7409 4298 7410 4298 7454

      4304 7474



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