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WGUS71 KALY 302230

FFSALY



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

630 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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BENNINGTON VT-

630 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY...



AT 623 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  CARS 

WERE REPORTED STUCK IN WATER ON SOUTH STREET AT 610 PM. 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN LOCALLY...AND ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE 

BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAFTSBURY

AND BENNINGTON



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.



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LAT...LON 4280 7329 4301 7327 4303 7309 4275 7312

      4275 7327



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