Alert Details
At 458 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Poughkeepsie, New Paltz, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Highland, Staatsburg, Fairview, Port Ewen, Tillson, Lloyd, Esopus, Norrie Heights, Union Center, Plutarch, Haviland, Rifton, Dashville, Ellerslie, Highland Landing and Dewitt Mills.