FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
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LUZERNE PA-
255 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
WEST CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY…
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 253 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING…
AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHICKSHINNY.
A SERIES OF SLOW MOVING STORMS…WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL…HAVE AFFECTED THE REGION SINCE AROUND 1 PM. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF LOCALLY 1.5 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN THE NORTH SOUTH CREEK AND HUNTINGTON CREEK BASINS.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 315 TO 330 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE ELEVATED OR EVEN RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS…PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.