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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

803 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

  SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MECHANICVILLE...CLIFTON PARK...

  EASTERN SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTIA...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...

  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER

  AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 1 1/2

  UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS AREA WITH AN

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4278 7347 4277 7369 4281 7374 4278 7377

      4279 7379 4277 7381 4276 7402 4306 7403

      4307 7347



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