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Flash Flood Warning
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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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