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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

214 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...THIS INCLUDES

  THE CITIES OF BEACON...FISHKILL...HOPEWELL JUNCTION AND

  WAPPINGERS FALLS.



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS

  REPEATED MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



* 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.



AS OF 2 PM...THE BASIN THAT HAD RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN IS THE 

FISHKILL CREEK. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE BASIN.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT 

ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 4144 7399 4155 7399 4156 7397 4159 7396

      4167 7395 4185 7367 4178 7352 4162 7353

      4151 7379 4149 7393

TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 180DEG 0KT 4155 7387



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