- Flood Watch for Saratoga County, New York
- Flood Watch issued January 31 at 4:51AM EST until January 31 at 1:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 4:51 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 1 p.m.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO
THE ALBANY FORECAST AREA INTO THIS MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THE RAINFALL WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND SOME SNOW MELT.
IN ADDITION...THE GROUND IS FROZEN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...
WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WHERE
INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OCCUR.
* THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT ON
FROZEN GROUND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. WITH SOME ROAD CULVERTS CLOGGED WITH ICE...A FEW
RURAL ROAD WASHOUTS ARE POSSIBLE. PAST HISTORY SAYS THAT
EVENTS LIKE THIS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME OF MUD SLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
* THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SOME MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...LATER FORECASTS MAY CHANGE AND SHOULD BE
MONITORED.
* TIMING...BEST CHANCE FOR FLOODING WILL BE THIS MORNING INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON.