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Flash Flood Warning
CTC005-NYC027-240515-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
707 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PAWLING...BEACON...
LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...NEW MILFORD...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT FRIDAY

* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. MORE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSTED...
SHARON...NORFOLK...NEW HARTFORD...LITCHFIELD...KENT...FALLS
VILLAGE...CORNWALL BRIDGE...CANAAN...MILLERTON...MILLBROOK...DOVER
PLAINS AND AMENIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV...ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV OR TWITTER
@NWSALBANY.

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LAT...LON 4147 7401 4203 7348 4204 7345 4203 7300
4197 7302 4197 7292 4190 7291 4186 7295
4182 7294 4179 7301 4164 7298 4155 7315
4151 7316 4150 7329 4148 7333 4148 7337
4151 7339 4149 7345 4166 7351 4152 7353

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Flash Flood Watch
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-241000-
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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
353 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN
BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN COLUMBIA...
EASTERN DUTCHESS...EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN ULSTER...WESTERN
COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN
ULSTER.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD TRACK SLOWLY EAST THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA IS WET
FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THE PAST FEW DAYS. MANY AREAS
SHOULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS IN HILLY TERRAIN...ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED
ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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