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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1040 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



NYC065-180500- 

ONEIDA NY-

1040 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

ONEIDA COUNTY...



AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL...MOVING TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TO 

MOVE THROUGH THE ALDER CREEK...AVA...BOONVILLE...GLENMORE... 

HAWKINSVILLE...AND POINT ROCK AREAS BETWEEN 1115 PM AND 1200 AM. AN 

ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES COULD FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AS 

THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.



SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING CONTINUES...PARTICULARLY IN THE BOONVILLE AREA. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING RUNOFF PROBLEMS.



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.



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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