FFWALY The National Weather Service in Albany has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Columbia County in east central New York... Northeastern Greene County in east central New York... Southwestern Rensselaer County in east central New York... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 103 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Between 4 and 9 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Troy, East Greenbush, Rensselaer, Hudson, Chatham, Nassau, Claverack, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Valatie, Athens, Castleton-On-Hudson, Philmont, Kinderhook, Lorenz Park, Claverack-Red Mills, West Sand Lake, Averill Park, Wynantskill and Wyantskill.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of western Massachusetts, including the following county, Berkshire and east central New York, including the following counties, Columbia and Rensselaer. * WHEN...Until 545 PM EDT Wednesday. * 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. Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1142 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Pittsfield, North Adams, Great Barrington, Hoosick Falls, Adams, Williamstown, Lee, Lenox, Sheffield, Cheshire, Stephentown, New Lebanon, Grafton, Berlin, Becket, Austerlitz, Otis, Sandisfield, Florida and Hancock. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* 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

* 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

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...The mid-Hudson Valley, eastern Catskills, and the central and southern Taconics in eastern New York, Litchfield County in northwest Connecticut, Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, and Bennington and Windham counties in southern Vermont. * WHEN...Through 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 overnight into Wednesday 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, especially across portions of the eastern Catskills, and across portions of Litchfield and Berkshire counties. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood