[Weather.berkshire] NWS Albany - Heavy rain/flooding & wind into tonight - Friday, December 21, 2018 - 515 AM

[ALB Stormreport - NOAA Service Account]

**** The information in this email pertains to the following areas only:****

*- In Connecticut: Litchfield County*

*- In Massachusetts: Berkshire County*
*- In Vermont: Bennington & Windham Counties*
*- In New York: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer,
Montgomery,  Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster,
Warren and Washington Counties*

Dear Emergency Managers and other Partners,

A large storm system will continue to bring a widespread moderate to heavy
rainfall into tonight. The rainfall coupled with some snow melt in the
higher terrain is expected to produce some minor river flooding and
urban/poor drainage flooding. A Flood Watch remains in effect for all of
eastern New York and western New England. Current forecast rainfall totals
are in the 1 to 3 inch range with locally higher amounts over higher
terrain south and east of the Capital District.

In addition, strong east to southeast gusty winds are also expected over
the higher terrain of eastern New York and western New England, especially
above 2000 feet elevation.

Please see the attached briefing graphic for more details.  If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact us via:

1. Email:  alb.stormreport at noaa.gov
2. NWSChat at https://nwschat.weather.gov/live/
3. Social Media:  Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/NWSAlbany> and Twitter
<https://twitter.com/NWSAlbany>
4. Telephone:  (518) 435-9575 <518-435-9575>

Sincerely,
NWS Albany
www.weather.gov/albany
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.massupt.org/pipermail/weather.berkshire/attachments/20181221/8687f741/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: EMBriefing_122118_500am.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 1503500 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.massupt.org/pipermail/weather.berkshire/attachments/20181221/8687f741/attachment-0001.pdf>