Issued by The National Weather Service
\nBinghamton, NY
\nFri, Feb 25, 2011, 12:00 AM EST<\/p>\n
… FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…<\/p>\n
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR<\/p>\n
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… \t\t\t\t\t\t\tINCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK… \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… LACKAWANNA… LUZERNE… \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPIKE… SOUTHERN WAYNE AND WYOMING.<\/p>\n
* THROUGH THIS EVENING.<\/p>\n
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING RAIN TO \t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE SCRANTON WILKES BARRE AREA… POCONOS AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW \t\t\t\t\t\t\tYORK INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. RAIN COULD \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAND ONE HALF INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
\nIN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL… MILD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSNOW MELT WHICH WILL ADD TO RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSTREAMS… URBAN… POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THERE IS \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tALSO A THREAT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING AS RUNOFF AND MILD \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTEMPERATURES COMBINE TO BREAK UP ICE ON AREAS STREAMS AND \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCREEKS. FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED ON LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS.<\/p>\n
PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…<\/p>\n
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSTREAMS… CREEKS… POOR DRAINAGE… URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING… WORKING \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOR DRIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Issued by The National Weather Service Binghamton, NY Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 12:00 AM EST … FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING… THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK… SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… LACKAWANNA… LUZERNE… PIKE… SOUTHERN WAYNE … Continue reading Flood Watch<\/span>