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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
353 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-241000-
/O.EXA.KALY.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130524T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
353 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
  YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN
  WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN
  BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN COLUMBIA...
  EASTERN DUTCHESS...EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN ULSTER...WESTERN
  COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN
  ULSTER.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
  THROUGH TONIGHT. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  SHOULD TRACK SLOWLY EAST THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN
  NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA IS WET
  FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THE PAST FEW DAYS. MANY AREAS
  SHOULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER
  ON ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS IN HILLY TERRAIN...ALONG WITH THE
  POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED
ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$



Flood Warning

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
713 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

CTC001-005-241113-
/O.NEW.KALY.FL.W.0012.130524T0329Z-000000T0000Z/
/BKFC3.1.ER.130524T0329Z.130525T0700Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
713 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE STILL RIVER AT BROOKFIELD.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 6 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 11 PM
  THURSDAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 13.3 FEET BY 3 AM SATURDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 14 FEET...THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD ROADS AND PARKING
  LOTS.

&&

                  FLD   OBSERVED              FORECAST
                                       8 PM  2 AM  8 AM  2 PM  8 PM
LOCATION         STG   STG  DAY TIME   THU   FRI   FRI   FRI   FRI

STILL RIVER
  BROOKFIELD    12.0    9.4 THU 07 PM  10.0  12.8  13.2  13.1  13.3

$$




Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
CTC005-NYC027-240515-
/O.EXT.KALY.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130524T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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.

&&

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

$$






Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-241100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
400 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

 FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ANY
HEAVY RAIN THAT DOES FALL IN COMBINATION WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINS
WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR POTENTIALLY MORE
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

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