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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

420 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...NEW MILFORD...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 410 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSTED...

  SHARON...NORFOLK...NEW HARTFORD...FALLS VILLAGE...CORNWALL BRIDGE

  AND CANAAN



STANDING WATER UP TO 3 FEET DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SOME ROADS IN 

TORRINGTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS LITCHFIELD COUNTY WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND STANDING WATER IN 

LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RUN OFF OF 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO POSSIBLE FLOOD AS 

WELL.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE REGION ALREADY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 4151 7339 4150 7344 4152 7345 4164 7351

      4204 7347 4203 7300 4198 7302 4197 7288

      4190 7291 4189 7295 4181 7295 4179 7301

      4164 7297 4157 7309 4155 7316 4151 7316

      4151 7331 4148 7336



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