BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1248 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAWLING... LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...NEW MILFORD... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 1239 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING A SECONDARY ROAD IN LAGRANGEVILLE IN DUTCHESS COUNTY AND A RESCUE FROM A CAR WAS REPORTED AROUND SALISBURY IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN HAS PRODUCED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH THIS MORNING AND THE RAIN SHOULD EXIT THE REGION BY 2 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSTED... SHARON...NORFOLK...NEW HARTFORD...FALLS VILLAGE...CORNWALL BRIDGE...MILLBROOK AND AMENIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT [email protected] FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY. && LAT...LON 4166 7390 4203 7328 4203 7301 4197 7302 4197 7288 4186 7295 4182 7294 4179 7301 4164 7298 4156 7310 4155 7315 4151 7316 4150 7331 4146 7331 4151 7339 4149 7345 4166 7351 4152 7353 4149 7392 4145 7397
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:59:26 +0000
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