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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

1109 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008



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HAMILTON NY-

1109 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...



AT 1102 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES VERY LOCALIZED 

AMOUNTS OF NEAR 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 4 HOURS.  MOST OF THE 

HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED EAST...BUT ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE 

AREA BY NOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE EATON 

CAMPGROUND...AND AREAS BETWEEN LONG LAKE AND CATLIN LAKE.



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.



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.



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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