FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
334 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
…PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING…
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CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NORWICH…ONEONTA…COOPERSTOWN…
OWEGO…BINGHAMTON…WALTON…DELHI…MONTICELLO…TOWANDA…
SAYRE…MONTROSE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…
HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
334 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN NEW YORK…BROOME…CHENANGO…
DELAWARE…OTSEGO…SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. IN NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA…BRADFORD…LACKAWANNA…LUZERNE…NORTHERN
WAYNE…PIKE…SOUTHERN WAYNE…SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING.
* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* PERIODIC HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT SEE HEAVIER AND MORE
PERSISTENT BANDS OF RAIN.
* THE COMBINATION OF TODAY`S HEAVY RAINFALL…ALONG WITH THE
GROUND BEING SATURATED FROM LAST WEEKEND`S RAINFALL WITH
IRENE…WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.