WWUS81 KALY 242236 SPSALY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 636 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-250045- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE... DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA... MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY... HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE... MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 636 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009 ... HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS...AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WILL PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN MANY AREAS OF EASTERN NEW YORK...FROM THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND POINTS EAST...AS WELL AS ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE HUDSON RIVER. RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH AN INCH AN HOUR AND CAUSE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AUGMENTED BY FALLING LEAVES. THE SHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 800 PM. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL FOLLOW. $$