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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

305 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



PAC103-082230-

PIKE PA-

305 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PIKE

COUNTY...



AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF PIKE COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE AROUND 4 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WITH A REPORT OF OVER 7 

INCHES RECEIVED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR DINGMANS FERRY.  



THERE WERE SCATTERED REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG SEVERAL ROADS IN THE 

EASTERN PORTION OF PIKE COUNTY IN DINGMANS FERRY...WESTFALL TOWNSHIP 

AND MATAMORAS. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WERE HAVING THE MOST 

PROBLEMS. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED ALL THE WAY 

SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO NEAR WASHINGTON DC. 

THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PIKE COUNTY INTO THE 

EVENING HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN PIKE 

COUNTY BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS LATE TONIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL COULD BRING RAIN TOTALS TO 10 INCHES LOCALLY OVER THE 

HIGHER TERRAIN. MANY AREAS IN PIKE COUNTY COULD SEE OVER 6 INCHES 

TOTAL RAINFALL. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLOOD PROBLEMS 

ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ALSO 

WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOOD PROBLEMS. 



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4138 7468 4132 7460 4123 7477 4106 7494

      4127 7538 4157 7509 4148 7490



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