FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
501 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011

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LUZERNE PA-
501 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  LUZERNE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO
  THE AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN AN HOUR.
  EXPECT FLOODING TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE RAIN BEGINS.

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

HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

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.