FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
425 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
…HEAVY RAIN FROM HURRICANE SANDY IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE AREA…
.HURRICANE SANDY IS MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST AND IS EXPECTED TO TURN WESTWARD TO LANDFALL ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST MONDAY…BEFORE ENTERING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EARLY TUESDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
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425 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN NEW YORK…BROOME…CHEMUNG…CHENANGO…CORTLAND…DELAWARE…OTSEGO…SCHUYLER…SENECA…
SOUTHERN CAYUGA…STEUBEN…SULLIVAN…TIOGA…TOMPKINS AND YATES. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…BRADFORD…LACKAWANNA…LUZERNE…NORTHERN WAYNE…PIKE…SOUTHERN WAYNE…SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* HEAVY RAIN FROM THE LAND FALLING HURRICANE SANDY WILL BEGIN MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
* RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA… WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND MAY CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING BEGINNING TUESDAY.
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.