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000 

WGUS71 KBGM 290031

FFSBGM

NYC107-290200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

730 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR EASTERN TIOGA

COUNTY...



AT 725 PM EST...TIOGA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 96 NEAR 

OWEGO REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF THE OWEGO CREEK. IN 

ADDITION...HALSEY VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN STRAIGHT CORNER ROAD AND 

COOKS ROAD IN THE TIOGA CENTER AREA WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NEAR 

BERKSHIRE...PARSONS HILL ROAD BETWEEN WILSON CREEK ROAD AND WALKER 

FARM WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THERE WAS ALSO A MUDSLIDE 

REPORTED ON THORN HOLLOW ROAD. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO 

THE SOUTH AND EAST OF TIOGA COUNTY. EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN TO 

CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF 

FROM RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WAS COMBINING WITH SNOWMELT TO CAUSE THE 

FLOODING IN TIOGA COUNTY. 



TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE SNOWMELT. THEREFORE EVEN AS THE 

RAIN SUBSIDES...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND 

FLOOD IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN TIOGA COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 9 PM EST. 



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING...BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND WATCH OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND DEBRIS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



$$

NICOSIA 

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000 

WGUS71 KBGM 290031

FFSBGM

NYC107-290200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

730 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR EASTERN TIOGA

COUNTY...



AT 725 PM EST...TIOGA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 96 NEAR 

OWEGO REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF THE OWEGO CREEK. IN 

ADDITION...HALSEY VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN STRAIGHT CORNER ROAD AND 

COOKS ROAD IN THE TIOGA CENTER AREA WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NEAR 

BERKSHIRE...PARSONS HILL ROAD BETWEEN WILSON CREEK ROAD AND WALKER 

FARM WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THERE WAS ALSO A MUDSLIDE 

REPORTED ON THORN HOLLOW ROAD. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO 

THE SOUTH AND EAST OF TIOGA COUNTY. EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN TO 

CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF 

FROM RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WAS COMBINING WITH SNOWMELT TO CAUSE THE 

FLOODING IN TIOGA COUNTY. 



TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE SNOWMELT. THEREFORE EVEN AS THE 

RAIN SUBSIDES...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND 

FLOOD IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN TIOGA COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 9 PM EST. 



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING...BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND WATCH OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND DEBRIS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



$$

NICOSIA 

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