FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
243 AM 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
243 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 MORNING

* AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE
  SLOWLY EAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE BANDS
  OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY
  AND TONIGHT. MANY AREAS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA ARE SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED ON
  TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
  AT THE PRESENT TIME...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DIMINISH THIS MORNING...BEFORE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD LATER
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
  WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE BANDS OF
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST THE LONGEST.

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.