THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND - TopicsExpress



          

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN...AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...FLOODING OF FIELDS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:38:15 +0000

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