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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

935 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BAND OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN 

HAMILTON COUNTY THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  RADAR ESTIMATES VERY 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.  

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS 

DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



THE AREAS THAT WILL MOST LIKELY RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN WILL BE 

BETWEEN LITTLE TUPPER LAKE...LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND AND CATLIN LAKE 

IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF HAMILTON COUNTY. RAQUETTE RIVER AND 

MOOSE CREEK ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RUNOFF.  

RAPIDLY INCREASING  STREAMFLOWS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR 

BOATERS...CAMPERS...SWIMMERS AND THOSE RAFTING THROUGH RIVER 

RAPIDS...SO EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED TO AVOID POTENTIALLY LIFE 

THREATENING SITUATIONS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ROBINWOOD...LITTLE TUPPER LAKE AND SABATTIS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT

ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 4397 7426 4392 7434 4381 7422 4377 7481

      4407 7485 4412 7428



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