Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1237 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD CAUSE FLOODING TODAY
INTO MONDAY...

NYZ046-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-070145-
/O.CON.KBGM.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110307T0600Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...WALTON...
DELHI...MONTICELLO...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...
SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
1237 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NEW YORK...DELAWARE...OTSEGO AND
 SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BRADFORD...LACKAWANNA...
 LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA
 AND WYOMING.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
  NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BEFORE COLDER AIR CHANGES THE RAIN TO
  SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD FLOOD
  TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
  MAJOR RIVERS LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON
RIVERS... 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.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT
OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM

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