Flash Flood Watch for today for the entire region ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD COUNTY. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...GREENE...RENSSELAER... SCHENECTADY...ULSTER...HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY... FULTON... HERKIMER...SARATOGA...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES. * FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING * AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF NEARLY SATURATED GROUND AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION. * HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...THERE COULD BE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND EVEN LARGER RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALREADY FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:36:13 +0000