Flash Flood Watch
Flood Watch National Weather Service Albany NY 324 AM EDT Tue Aug 14 2018 NYZ041-049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-082>084-142100- /O.EXA.KALY.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-180815T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Northern Saratoga-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga- Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer- Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster- Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton- Southeast Warren-Southern Washington- Including the cities of Saratoga Lake, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Rotterdam, Burnt Hills, Ballston Spa, Mechanicville, Clifton Park, Waterford, Albany, Troy, Berlin, Eagle Bridge, Hoosick Falls, Stephentown, Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo, Jefferson Heights, Hudson, New Lebanon, Kingston, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Arlington, Pawling, Wingdale, Dover Plains, Millbrook, Stanfordville, Pine Plains, Amenia, Caroga Lake, Glens Falls, West Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, Fort Edward, Cambridge, Greenwich, Middle Falls, and North Easton 324 AM EDT Tue Aug 14 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Albany has expanded the * Flash Flood Watch to include portions of eastern New York, including northern Fulton county, the Saratoga and Glens Falls region, Capital District, mid Hudson Valley and Taconics. * Through this evening * Showers and scattered thunderstorms will contain heavy rain today into this evening. Rainfall amounts of one to two inches with locally higher amounts are expected. This amount of rainfall in a relatively short amount of time will have the potential to cause rapid flooding along streams and creeks, in urban areas, and in other low-lying and poor drainage areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
