[caption id="attachment_9843" align="alignright" width="300" caption="NWS Hudson Valley alerts as of 2:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10."][/caption]The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Friday afternoon for Greene and Columbia counties, specifically citing the towns of Hunter, Tannersville, Windham, Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo, Jefferson Heights, Hudson, and Chatham as likely to see high water. The New York State Office of Emergency Management issued a press release Wednesday warning many areas will flood this weekend:

“The storm system that is moving into the state tonight is carrying a lot of moisture and will possibly produce several inches of rain over the next few days,” said Andrew X. Feeney, Director of State OEM. “This rain, coupled with the forecasted warmer temperatures and melting snow, will raise the levels of already swollen rivers and tributaries in many areas of the state and probably will result in flooding.”

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Reggie Crowley, from Copake website."][/caption]While one storm comes in, repercussions from Monday morning's ice/snow storm are still being felt. Copake Town Supervisor Reggie Crowley reports as of Wednesday afternoon 1590 folks still had power out in Copake, mostly in the Copake Lake/Craryville area, and that power to this area may not be restored until Friday.