FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
334 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
.HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST SPREADING HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS...WHERE STORM TOTALS MAY REACH
4 TO 7 INCHES. FURTHER TO THE WEST NEAR AND ALONG THE I-
81 CORRIDOR...RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
FORECAST.
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
NORWICH...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...
MONTICELLO...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...
HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
334 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NEW YORK...BROOME...CHENANGO...
DELAWARE...MADISON...NORTHERN ONEIDA...OTSEGO...SOUTHERN
ONEIDA AND SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...LACKAWANNA...
LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA
AND WYOMING.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CATSKILLS
AND POCONOS..WHERE STORM TOTALS MAY REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES. FURTHER
TO THE WEST NEAR AND ALONG THE I-81 CORRIDOR... RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST.
* FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE... FOLLOWED
BY FLOODING ON LARGER RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL
STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS
BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING...WORKING
OR DRIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
333 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-BROOME-
SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
NORWICH...BINGHAMTON...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON
333 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS...ONEIDA...MADISON...CHENANGO...BROOME...SUSQUEHANNA...
WYOMING...LUZERNE AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES.
* HAZARDS...COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SATURATED GROUND MAY
RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING...SUNDAY TO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP...FALLEN TREES WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE AND/OR GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE. THESE
STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...AND COULD
RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...
STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1043 AM EDT MON AUG 15 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-
1043 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STORMS TO HAVE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. THE
HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS...POOR
DRAINAGE...LOW-LYING AND URBANIZED AREAS. ALL THE SHOWER ACTIVITY
WILL DIE DOWN LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.