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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
402 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

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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-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...
SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...
WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...
NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...
HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...
BELLOWS FALLS
402 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
  VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL NEW
  YORK...EASTERN ALBANY...EASTERN RENSSELAER...EASTERN
  SCHENECTADY...HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN FULTON...
  NORTHERN HERKIMER...NORTHERN SARATOGA...NORTHERN WARREN...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SCHOHARIE...SOUTHEAST WARREN...SOUTHERN
  FULTON...SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHERN
  WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALBANY...WESTERN RENSSELAER AND WESTERN
  SCHENECTADY. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON...EASTERN WINDHAM
  AND WESTERN WINDHAM.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER
  GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT...LIFTING A WARM FRONT IN OUR
  DIRECTION WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
  TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGS
  MILDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SOME SNOW
  MELT WILL ADD CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT
  REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM RECENT STORMS WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE
  FLOODING. MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THREE QUARTERS OF
  AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IN
  ADDITION...THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT MAY BE
  ENOUGH TO BREAK UP SOME OF THE ICE ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WHICH
  ARE STILL ICE COVERED IN THE REGION. THE ICE CHUNKS WOULD THEN
  FLOAT DOWNSTREAM AND MAY FORM ICE JAMS WHERE THE RIVERS
  TRANSPORT CAPACITY IS EXCEEDED. FAVORABLE LOCATIONS FOR ICE JAMS
  INCLUDE...OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE CHANNEL SUCH AS ISLANDS...LOCKS
  AND BRIDGE PIERS...CHANGES IN THE CHANNEL SUCH AS BENDS...GORGES
  AND AREAS WHERE THE CHANNEL NARROWS...AREAS WHERE THERE IS A
  CHANGE IN CHANNEL DEPTH...DEEP WATER TO SHALLOW WATER...AND
  MERGERS OF RIVER CHANNELS. COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE BACK
  INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHICH WILL SLOW
  THE RUNOFF AND GRADUALLY REDUCE THE FLOOD THREAT.

* ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR SUDDENLY AND ARE HIGHLY UNSTABLE. WATER CAN
  BACKUP QUICKLY BEHIND AN ICE JAM AND FLOOD AN AREA IN A MATTER
  OF MINUTES. IN ADDITION...IF AN ICE JAM BREAKS A SUDDEN RELEASE
  OF WATER CAN FLOOD AREAS DOWNSTREAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

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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
402 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR 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.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER
  GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT...LIFTING A WARM FRONT IN OUR
  DIRECTION WHICH WILLAREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THREE QUARTERS OF
  AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
  COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHICH WILL SLOW THE RUNOFF AND GRADUALLY
  REDUCE THE FLOOD THREAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

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