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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...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...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...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 325 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...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 ALBANY...EASTERN COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS... EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN RENSSELAER...EASTERN SCHENECTADY... EASTERN ULSTER...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 COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE...WESTERN RENSSELAER...WESTERN SCHENECTADY AND WESTERN ULSTER. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... BENNINGTON...EASTERN WINDHAM AND WESTERN WINDHAM. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT NORTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SUPPORTS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ALONG THE FRONT. THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT IS EXTREMELY MOIST. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN TODAY WITH RAINFALL HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 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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