FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
508 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...
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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.