FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
336 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

.HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST SPREADING HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS...WHERE STORM TOTALS MAY REACH
4 TO 7 INCHES. FURTHER TO THE WEST NEAR AND ALONG THE I-
81 CORRIDOR...RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
FORECAST.

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NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
NORWICH...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...
MONTICELLO...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...
HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
336 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
  THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CATSKILLS
  AND POCONOS..WHERE STORM TOTALS MAY REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES.
  FURTHER TO THE WEST NEAR AND ALONG THE I-81 CORRIDOR...
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST.

* FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY
  FLOODING ON LARGER RIVERS.

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.