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UPDATE: Rte. 12B South Closing

Wed, Sep 07, 2011

UPDATE: Rte. 12B South Closing

Update: 8:15 a.m. Thursday: The state Department of Transportation plans on closing Rte. 12 B South this morning because of water over the road near the spillway coming out of Taylor Lake between Kendrick Avenuse and College Street.

A Colgate Buildings and grounds crew was working nearby removing a tree that had fallen during the night. The tree did not damage any power lines.

Town of Hamilton highway crews are reported to have been working on trouble spots since about 2 this morning, including Williams, Rhodes and Bonney Hill road, as well as the hamlet of Poolville.

Updated: 7:12 a.m. Thursday:

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 72. East wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming northwest between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind between 3 and 5 mph.

Updated: 11:20 p.m. The Madison County Sheriff's Office has issued a travel advisory for this area. While no roads were closed, the sheriff's office said there should be no unnecessary travel.

The advisory said an areas of concern included all the roadways in the areas of Brookfield, Munnsville, Poolville and Hubbardsville. and State Route 8 near the Madison-Oneida county line and south of the village of Leonardsville to the Chenango County line.

Updated: 9:15 p.m. Chenango County south of Hamilton is under a state of emergency and all roads in the county are closed because of flooding. 

Sherburne-Earlville is reported to have cancelled classes for Thursday.

Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard Decker reportedly issued the order. Major flash flooding is occurring in parts of the county and is forecast to continue through the night.

There is no travel on roads in the county except in emergency situations, according to county officials.

The status of the state of emergency will be reevaluated at 7 a.m. Thursday, county officials said.

UPDATED at 6:22 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a flood alert for most of Central New Yo9rk, including the Hamilton area. Rain from tropical storm Lee is forecast to fall through the rest of the week. Here's the weather service's outlook:

Tonight: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 55. Calm wind becoming southeast between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Rain likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 68. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming northwest between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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