Poughkeepsie, NY Weather

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of east central New York, including the
following counties, Columbia, Dutchess and Ulster.

* WHEN...Until 400 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1007 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area.
Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kingston, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Hurley, Woodstock,
Livingston, Copake, Pine Plains, Clermont, Red Hook, Ancram,
Millerton, Staatsburg, Port Ewen, Saugerties South, Lake
Katrine, Stanfordville, Tillson, West Hurley and High Falls.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...The Greater Capital Region, the Lake George Saratoga
Region, the northern Taconics including the Rensselaer Plateau,
the mid Hudson Valley, eastern Catskills, southern and central
Taconics and Helderbergs of eastern New York, Bennington and
Windham Counties in southern Vermont, the Berkshires of western
Massachusetts, and Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Periods of moderate to heavy rain and a few thunderstorms
continue through this afternoon. Rainfall rates may reach as
high as 1 to 2 inches per hour within the heaviest and most
persistent downpours.

Despite recent dry conditions, such high rainfall rates in a
short period of time can result in flash flooding, especially
in urban and poor drainage areas and where heavy rain
repeatedly impacts a given area. An additional 1 to 3 inches
of rain is expected for most areas in the flood watch, with
locally  higher amounts possible of 3-5 inches across the
southern Greens, Berkshires and Litchfield County,
Connecticut.

- Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.