THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RHINEBECK... SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAUGERTIES...NEW PALTZ...KINGSTON... ELLENVILLE... NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREAT BARRINGTON... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 152 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS LEADING TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:37:25 +0000
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