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WGUS51 KALY 020141

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NYC035-043-057-020630-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

941 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...ILION...HERKIMER...

  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT PLAIN...



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 928 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIFE 

THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF FORT PLAIN...ILION AND 

HERKIMER ALONG WITH A MUDSLIDE IN PROGRESS. MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES 

AND ROAD WASHOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE 

CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE TOWNS OF FRANKFORT AND FORT PLAIN ALONG 

THE OTSQUAGO CREEK DUE TO RAPID WATER RISES. IN THE VILLAGE OF 

HERKIMER...THE FLOOD CONTROL DIKE ALONG BELLINGER BROOK BEHIND THE 

HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL IS FAILING.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ILION AND LITTLE 

FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE RECOMMENDING NO 

TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WINFIELD...GERMAN FLATTS AND EPHRATAH.



REPEAT...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER 

COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4319 7509 4311 7466 4296 7434 4283 7456

      4283 7467 4289 7486 4289 7488 4283 7489

      4283 7494 4290 7509 4285 7514 4286 7522

      4292 7521 4303 7523



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