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WGUS71 KALY 112354

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

752 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2007



NYC027-120215-

DUTCHESS NY-

752 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY...



AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 

DUTCHESS COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE PLAINS

AND MILLERTON



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF STANFORD ALONG ROUTE 82.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4173 7389 4175 7367 4185 7349 4205 7348

      4204 7353 4198 7353 4200 7369



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