PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY......Montgomery-Herkimer-Fulton Counties..... LASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1107 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 NYC035-043-057-020630- /O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130702T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONTGOMERY NY-FULTON NY-HERKIMER NY- 1107 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... ...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 1100 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF FORT PLAIN...ILION AND HERKIMER ALONG WITH A MUDSLIDE IN PROGRESS. MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES AND ROAD WASHOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE TOWNS OF FRANKFORT AND FORT PLAIN ALONG THE OTSQUAGO CREEK DUE TO RAPID WATER RISES. IN THE VILLAGE OF HERKIMER...THE FLOOD CONTROL DIKE ALONG BELLINGER BROOK BEHIND THE HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL IS FAILING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ILION AND LITTLE FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE RECOMMENDING NO TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINFIELD...GERMAN FLATTS AND EPHRATAH. REPEAT...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:28:59 +0000
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