URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 932 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 PAZ044-047-048-072-071200- /O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0012.110306T1800Z-110307T1200Z/ LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON... MILFORD...HONESDALE 932 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SOUTHERN WAYNE... LACKAWANNA... LUZERNE... PIKE * HAZARDS: SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING: RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING... THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING IN THE LOWER 50S THIS MORNING AND FALLING TO FREEZING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND FREEZING OF AREA ROADS. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW, RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS WEATHER TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
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Weather Advisory, Storm Warnings, Etc.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 508 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY... NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-281815- /O.NEW.KBGM.FA.A.0003.110228T1008Z-110301T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 508 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * 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 THIS EVENING * AN AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING...AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE EMBEDDED...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.4 INCHES...WITHIN AN HOUR`S TIME. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SHOULD RANGE FROM 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES FOR MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE. STEADIER RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY LATER IN THE DAY...MAINLY AFTER 3 OR 4 PM. * AN EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK EXISTS OVER MOST OF THE REGION. AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 40S TODAY...SOME OF THIS SNOW WILL MELT...BUT MUCH OF IT SHOULD REMAIN...AND ACTUALLY HELP ABSORB THE RAINFALL. THE GREATEST FLOODING THREATS TODAY WILL BE ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS...WHERE THE COMBINATION OF MILDER TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL...COULD HELP LIFT CHUNKS OF ICE...AND ELEVATE THE RISK OF ICE JAMS. ALSO...IN AREAS IMPACTED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND MORE INTENSE SHORT DURATION RAINFALL RATES...INADEQUATE DRAINAGE COULD RESULT IN RUNOFF PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE THE SNOW PACK IS LESS...AND A FROZEN GROUND SURFACE IS MORE EXPOSED. AT THIS POINT...NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS...WITH HALF TO THREE-QUARTER BANKFUL RISES COMMON. 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.
Flood Watch
Issued by The National Weather Service
Binghamton, NY
Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
… FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK… SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA… LACKAWANNA… LUZERNE… PIKE… SOUTHERN WAYNE AND WYOMING.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING RAIN TO THE SCRANTON WILKES BARRE AREA… POCONOS AND SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL… MILD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO SNOW MELT WHICH WILL ADD TO RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS… URBAN… POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING AS RUNOFF AND MILD TEMPERATURES COMBINE TO BREAK UP ICE ON AREAS STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED ON LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS.
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.