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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

347 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2005



NYC007-015-017-025-097-101-105-107-109-PAC015-069-079-103-115-127-

131-030915- 

347 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR ALL OF 

NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...AND FOR TIOGA...BROOME...DELAWARE

...CHENANGO...AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM EDT STEUBEN...

CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER...AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...



AS OF 345 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL...ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THE SOUTHERN

TIER OF NEW YORK...AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. SHOWERS AND STORMS 

WILL PERSIST THROUGH 5 AM EDT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES...AND LOCALLY UP TO 1.0 INCHES.



RAPID FLOODING LIKELY WILL OCCUR OVER MANY OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THESE AREAS. EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL ONLY BE 

AGGRAVATED...CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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MJ

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