FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1052 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 1047 PM EDT... SOME ROADS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DALLAS...
HARVEYS LAKE...HAZLETON...NANTICOKE...NOXEN AND SHICKSHINNY.
SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS PERSIST OVER NORTHWEST LUZERNE AND WESTERN
WYOMING COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL REMAIN
HAZARDOUS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS AS SOME ROADS REMAIN FLOODED. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN
COULD EFFECT THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4095 7622 4113 7624 4114 7629 4121 7633
4135 7630 4164 7619 4160 7616 4156 7607
4141 7591 4092 7596 4090 7602
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1007 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...
ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
1007 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NEW YORK...BROOME...CHEMUNG...
CHENANGO...CORTLAND...DELAWARE...MADISON...NORTHERN ONEIDA...
ONONDAGA...OTSEGO...SCHUYLER...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA...
SOUTHERN ONEIDA...STEUBEN...SULLIVAN...TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND
YATES. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BRADFORD...LACKAWANNA...
LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA
AND WYOMING.
* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. MANY AREAS IN CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ARE SATURATED FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST THE LONGEST.
* IF THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN OCCURS IT WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON
STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO URBAN FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN
NEW YORK AT CONKLIN AND VESTAL...AND AT WAVERLY/SAYRE ON THE
NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.