Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Jul 16, 2000, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2000, 5:30 AM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

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000 
WGUS51 KALY 160439
FFWALY
MAC003-VTC003-025-160930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1235 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
  WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 1235 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEW BAND
  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE TOWNS OF
  READSBORO...STAMFORD...WOODFORD...BENNINGTON...SHAFTSBURY AND PORTIONS
  OF GLASTENBURY. ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH 3 AM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN BENNINGTON
  COUNTY. THE DEERFIELD RIVER...BUT MORE LIKELY ITS TRIBUTARIES...WILL BE
  APT TO OVERFLOW.

* THE HEAVY RAIN BAND ALSO WAS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHWEST WINDHAM COUNTY...
  NEAR ROUTE 100...SOUTH OF WILMINGTON...THROUGH JACKSONVILLE AND WHITINGHAM
  WHERE RADAR INDICATED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. ONE AND
  A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LOCALLY POSSIBLE.
  THE EAST BRANCH OF THE NORTH RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE THE STREAMS
  MOST APT TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.

* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN
  CONTINUED. OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY PROVIDE HALF TO ONE INCH RAINFALLS
  IN MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY...BUT A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR
  FLORIDA AND SAVOY TO BRIGGSVILLE AND NORTH ADAMS WILL GET ONE AND
  A HALF INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 330 AM.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4193 7343 4213 7304 4316 7306 4329 7319

Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.