####018006557#### WGUS61 KALY 100802 FFAALY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 402 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-VTZ013>015-102100- /O.NEW.KALY.FA.A.0004.090311T0400Z-090312T1000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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. && $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-102100- /O.NEW.KALY.FA.A.0004.090311T0400Z-090312T1000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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. && $$