{"id":570,"date":"2011-03-09T22:16:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T03:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harveyslakefire-amb.org\/?p=570"},"modified":"2012-11-27T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T16:34:49","slug":"flood-watch-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harveyslakefire-amb.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Flood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
FLOOD WATCH\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY\r\n746 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011\r\n\r\n...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND\r\nNORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...\r\n\r\n.SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK\r\nAND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY\r\nFRIDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOWMELT WILL\r\nRESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES OF AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. NUMEROUS\r\nFORECAST POINTS ALONG AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED\r\nFLOOD STAGE...WHILE SEVERAL LOCATIONS ARE FORECAST TO REACH\r\nMODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN COMBINED\r\nWITH CLOGGED STORM DRAINS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING\r\nACROSS THE REGION. ALL LIVING ALONG OR NEAR AREA RIVERS AND\r\nSTREAMS ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR LATER FORECAST STATEMENTS\r\nCONCERNING THIS EVOLVING FLOOD SITUATION. REMEMBER...NEVER ATTEMPT\r\nTO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF WATER TO\r\nKNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET...AND A FEW FEET TO CARRY A VEHICLE AWAY.\r\nTHIS DEVELOPING FLOOD SITUATION HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING\r\nEXTREMELY DANGEROUS.\r\n\r\nPAZ038-039-043-044-047-101200-\r\n\/O.CON.KBGM.FA.A.0005.110310T1200Z-110312T0000Z\/\r\n\/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO\/\r\nBRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-\r\nINCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...\r\nTUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON\r\n746 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011\r\n\r\n...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH\r\nFRIDAY EVENING...\r\n\r\nTHE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR\r\n\r\n* A PORTION OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING\r\n  COUNTIES...BRADFORD...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA AND\r\n  WYOMING.\r\n\r\n* FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING\r\n\r\n* 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COUPLED WITH SNOWMELT COULD LEAD TO\r\n  SIGNIFICANT FLOOD PROBLEMS IN THE WATCH AREA.\r\n\r\n* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON THE\r\n  SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND ITS SMALLER TRIBUTARIES. THE POTENTIAL\r\n  EXISTS FOR MAJOR FLASH FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND\r\n  CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.\r\n\r\nPRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...\r\n\r\nA FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON LARGER\r\nRIVERS...SMALLER STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND\r\nLOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR\r\nLATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE\r\nLIVING...WORKING OR DRIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE\r\nPREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.\r\n\r\nPLEASE REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...\r\nOR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 746 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011 …SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY… .SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOWMELT … Continue reading Flood Watch<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flood-watch"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t