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WGUS71 KALY 012358

FFSALY



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

758 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013



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MONTGOMERY NY-FULTON NY-HERKIMER NY-

758 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN 

FULTON COUNTY AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY

COUNTIES...



AT 747 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED 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. EVACUATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE TOWN 

OF FORT PLAIN ALONG THE OTSQUAGO CREEK DUE TO RAPID WATER RISES. 

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MIDDLEVILLE...OR NEAR LITTLE 

FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE RECOMMENDING NO 

TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FONDA...DOLGEVILLE 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 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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 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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