Phoenicia, New York

... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through late tonight...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* portions of northwestern Connecticut... western Massachusetts...
east central New York and southern Vermont... 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... Hamilton... Montgomery... northern Fulton...
northern Herkimer... northern Saratoga... northern Warren...
northern Washington... Schoharie... southeast Warren... southern
Fulton... southern Herkimer... southern Saratoga... southern
Washington... western Albany... western Columbia... western
Dutchess... western Greene... western Rensselaer... western
Schenectady and western Ulster. In southern Vermont...
Bennington... eastern Windham and western Windham.

* Through late tonight

* an upper level disturbance and a low pressure system will focus
bands of showers and thunderstorms across the watch area today
through Thursday night. Some of the training of showers and
thunderstorms could produce one to three inches of rainfall in a
very short period time. This rainfall will fall on saturated
ground due to the heavy rainfall over the past couple of days.
The heavy rainfall may potentially produce localized flash
flooding. Heavy rainfall is possible from the western Mohawk
Valley... Adirondacks... and Catskills eastward across the Hudson
Valley into western New England. A southerly flow aloft can
cause some orographic enhancement of rainfall along the
Catskills and the higher terrain east of the Hudson River
including the Litchfield Hills... the Berkshires... and the Green
Mountains.

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.

Most flood deaths occur in automobiles. Never drive your vehicle
into areas where the water covers the roadway. Flood waters are
usually deeper than they appear. Just one foot of flowing water
is powerful enough to sweep vehicles off the Road. When
encountering flooded roads make the smart choice... turn around...
dont drown.

To report flooding... have the nearest law enforcement agency
relay your report to the National Weather Service forecast office
in Albany.

Please report flooding to the National Weather Service by email
at alb.Stormreport@noaa.Gov or to emergency management whom will
relay your report to the National Weather Service in Albany.

... Record daily precipitation set at Albany...

On Wednesday... July 1... 2009... the daily precipitation recorded at
the Albany international Airport was 2.76 inches. This establishes a
new record daily precipitation for the date. The previous record daily
precipitation for the date was 1.59 inches... set back in 2005. Records
at Albany go back to 1874.