Alps Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1143 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN ALBANY...SCHOHARIE...
  WESTERN ALBANY AND WESTERN RENSSELAER.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EAST
  COAST AND WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN INTO THE WATCH AREA STARTING
  EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS ON SUNDAY...
  THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN WILL HAVE FALLEN ON THE WATCH
  AREA.
* FLOODING IS LIKELY...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...TO BE
  ENHANCED BY THE TERRAIN AND WHERE THERE ARE LARGE PAVED AREAS
  SUCH AS PARKING LOTS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
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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