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Flood Advisory
MAC003-NYC001-021-035-057-083-091-093-095-115-VTC003-025-220915-
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MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-BENNINGTON VT-BERKSHIRE MA-WASHINGTON NY-
FULTON NY-SCHENECTADY NY-ALBANY NY-COLUMBIA NY-RENSSELAER NY-
SARATOGA NY-WINDHAM VT-
251 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR WINDHAM...
SARATOGA...RENSSELAER...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA...NORTHERN
ALBANY...SCHENECTADY...SOUTHEASTERN FULTON...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE...BENNINGTON...NORTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE AND EASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 247 AM EDT HEAVY RAIN WAS ENDING IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY...CAPITAL
DISTRICT AND SARATOGA REGION. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOULD
CONTINUE IN THE TACONICS...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT THROUGH 4
AM. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY
EVENING...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT...LON 4281 7254 4272 7263 4273 7301 4270 7294
4241 7300 4270 7447 4309 7414 4322 7377
4322 7376 4323 7375 4326 7373 4317 7245
4314 7244

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Flood Advisory
CTC005-MAC003-NYC021-027-083-221300-
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LITCHFIELD CT-BERKSHIRE MA-DUTCHESS NY-COLUMBIA NY-RENSSELAER NY-
312 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATHAM...
NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RHINEBECK...
SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASSAU...
LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TORRINGTON...
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...GREAT BARRINGTON...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 305 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
SOUTHERN TACONICS...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS...
TRACKING SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS
WERE TRACKING EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES LOCALIZED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH IN THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE REGION...AND
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE LOCALLY THROUGH 4 AM.

RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW SPOTS
IN HILLY TERRAIN THROUGH 9 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4179 7391 4204 7392 4228 7377 4255 7374
4241 7300 4238 7302 4238 7306 4233 7306
4231 7299 4225 7299 4214 7307 4209 7307
4204 7305 4204 7300 4197 7302 4197 7288
4186 7295 4182 7294 4179 7301 4164 7298

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