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.