FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
357 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THIS
EVENING...
.HURRICANE IRENE IS MOVING UP THE EAST COAST SPREADING HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
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
357 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 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...BROOME...CHENANGO...
DELAWARE...MADISON...NORTHERN ONEIDA...OTSEGO...SOUTHERN
ONEIDA AND SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...LACKAWANNA...
LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA
AND WYOMING.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY. 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 IS POSSIBLE INTO THE
AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY FLOODING ON LARGER RIVERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING IS
ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES.
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.