FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
618 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

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LUZERNE PA-
618 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  LUZERNE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 615 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING...
  AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA...
  DALLAS...DUPONT...EDWARDSVILLE...MOUNTAIN TOP...HARVEYS LAKE...
  HAZLETON...LARKSVILLE...LUZERNE...NANTICOKE...PITTSTON...PLAINS...
  SHICKSHINNY...SWOYERSVILLE...WILKES-BARRE AND WYOMING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MAINLY THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SO FAR. WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...RISING WATER IS LIKELY ALONG
THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.