- Flood Watch for Schenectady County, New York
- Flood Watch issued March 12 at 3:35PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 3:35 p.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 8 a.m.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND PORTIONS EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...INCLUDING
THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...MOHAWK
VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...LITCHFIELD
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
* INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING
* THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL COUPLED WITH RUNOFF FROM
SNOW MELT MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EVEN
AFTER THE RAIN ENDS...RUNOFF IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL
TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING AND BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.