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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

425 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



NYC105-090000-

SULLIVAN NY-

425 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SULLIVAN

COUNTY...



AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN 

COUNTY. RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ALL THE WAY 

SOUTH TO NEAR BALTIMORE MARYLAND. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO WORK NORTH INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 8 PM. 



ABOUT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

IS POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE RAIN TAPERS DOWN. LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES 

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 



THERE WERE SCATTERED REPORTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY OF ROADS BECOMING FLOODED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINS WILL CAUSE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. 

MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS LIKELY WILL SPILL THEIR BANKS AND MORE ROADS 

WILL BECOME FLOODED. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO 

SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOOD PROBLEMS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4157 7430 4145 7460 4138 7467 4149 7499

      4187 7513 4201 7482 4185 7447



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