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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

623 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEACON...



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 617 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FISHKILL



SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL 

DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



AREAS THAT WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 

FISHKILL...BEACON AND BEACON HILLS.



IN ADDITION...INTERSTATE 84 BETWEEN BROCKWAY AND WICCOPEE WILL ALSO 

BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH 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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT

ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 4149 7400 4152 7400 4157 7396 4157 7384

      4151 7385 4150 7391 4147 7395 4146 7398



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