...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM EDTTUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
* HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN VALLEY LOCATIONS AND UP TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
* TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PICK UP MONDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MONDAY EVENING AND MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. THESE DOWNED TREES MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL. ALSO ANY LOOSE OBJECTS CAN EASILY BE PROPELLED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE EXPECTED WIND. SOME DAMAGE TO POORLY MADE STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH TERRAIN.
FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM RESULTING FROM HURRICANE SANDY WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHEAST ADIRONDACKS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT...BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE CATSKILLS. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE MOHAWK AND HUDSON VALLEYS CAN EXPECT AROUND 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
* RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF MAIN STEM RIVERS...STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER FROM POUGHKEEPSIE NORTHWARD TO ALBANY. LEAVES MAY CLOG STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS. IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITHIN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME...THERE WOULD BE A RISK OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL.