Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Albany, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1042 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...

A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND
ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS
TEMPERATURES RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
DESTABILIZE AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL
DEVELOP. THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL INITIALLY BE GREATEST
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF ALBANY. BY
LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALIZED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND LIKELY CONTINUE TO DROP HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED
FLOODING IS REAL BUT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO LOCALIZED AREAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM FORECASTS WILL PINPOINT LOCATIONS
OF THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATION WEATHER SERVICE FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION.

BLAES /NWSFO ALY