Careful on the roads, folks. From NOAA:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
340 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010
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NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
WARRENSBURG...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
340 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY...
NORTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN HERKIMER...NORTHERN WARREN...
SCHOHARIE...SOUTHERN FULTON AND SOUTHERN HERKIMER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* THE COMBINATION OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST...LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...WILL
LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF NUMEROUS...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING.
* THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. CAMPGROUNDS
ADJACENT TO STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SATURDAY.
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.
