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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

550 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BENNINGTON...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR     

  ESTIMATES AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3         

  HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 2  

  HOURS.



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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 4280 7329 4301 7327 4303 7309 4275 7312

      4275 7327



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