Category Archives: Weather Alert

Weather Advisory, Storm Warnings, Etc.

Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1006 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 959 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUBURN
  CENTER...AVOCA...CARBONDALE...CLARKS SUMMIT...DALLAS...DALTON...
  DICKSON CITY...DUNMORE...DUPONT...EDWARDSVILLE...FACTORYVILLE...
  MOUNTAIN TOP...GIBSON...GREAT BEND...HARVEYS LAKE...HAZLETON...HOP
  BOTTOM...LACEYVILLE...LAKE CAREY...LARKSVILLE...LUZERNE...
  MEHOOPANY...MESHOPPEN...MONTROSE...MOOSIC...MOSCOW...NANTICOKE...
  NEW MILFORD...NICHOLSON...NOXEN...OLD FORGE...OSTERHOUT...
  PITTSTON...PLAINS...SCRANTON...SHICKSHINNY...SUSQUEHANNA...
  SWOYERSVILLE...TUNKHANNOCK...WILKES-BARRE AND WYOMING.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME DUE TO ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN THE PAST HOUR...A HALF INCH TO AN
INCH OF NEW RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. REPORTS OF FLOODING CONTINUE TO COME IN FROM
SMALL STREAM FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

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.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
407 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

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407 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND WET SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...SHOULD CHANGE
TO MAINLY SNOW AFTER 2 OR 3 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WET SNOW SHOULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE
MORNING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO EXPECTED IN THE
VALLEYS...WITH PERHAPS 3 OR 4 INCHES ON THE HILLTOPS...MOSTLY EAST
OF INTERSTATE 81.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
129 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

…A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM IS IMPACTING NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT…

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WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…
HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
129 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
THURSDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE POCONOS.

* HAZARDS…SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL
AS SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THE
REMAINDER OF THE TIME. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
AFTER SUNSET.

* ACCUMULATIONS…ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES. STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO A
FOOT OR MORE OVER THE POCONOS.

* TIMING…SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. WARMER LOCATIONS MAY SEE LIGHT
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW
THIS AFTERNOON WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THE REMAINDER
OF THE TIME. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER
SUNSET.

* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE CLOSE TO 30 DEGREES IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LOWER 30S IN THE VALLEY.

* WINDS…NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* IMPACTS…SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY
AND TONIGHT. ROADS LIKELY WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.