THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - FLOOD WATCH

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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...
FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...
WELLSVILLE...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...
DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...
TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON...HUDSON FALLS...
FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH
331 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE 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 ALBANY...EASTERN COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS...
EASTERN GREENE...EASTERN RENSSELAER...EASTERN SCHENECTADY...
EASTERN ULSTER...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...
SCHOHARIE...SOUTHERN FULTON...SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHERN
SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ALBANY...WESTERN
COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN RENSSELAER AND WESTERN
SCHENECTADY.

* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION SUNDAY. IT WILL BRING VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN TO THE CATSKILLS...ADIRONDACKS...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...BERKSHIRES AND TACONICS...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING
INTO THE 40S. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID MELTING OF THE ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF WATER IN THE SNOW PACK ALONG WITH ONE TO ONE AND
A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINED
RAINFALL...RUNOFF AND SNOWMELT MAY RESULT IN STREAMS AND RIVERS
OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND PARKING AREAS
WHERE PILES OF SNOW AND ICE PREVENT WATER FROM DRAINING AWAY IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.