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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

500 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



PAC103-082230-

PIKE PA-

500 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY. 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN PIKE COUNTY WAS A PART OF A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 

THAT EXTENDED FROM EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...

SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA NEAR LANCASTER. HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE IN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 7 TO 8 PM WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 

UP TO 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE 

DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY. 



THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS INTO THE 

EVENING. MANY ROADS WERE BECOMING FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE 

WIDESPREAD IN LOW-LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. IN 

ADDITION...MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS LIKELY WILL SPILL THEIR BANKS

AND FLOOD.  



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 4138 7468 4132 7460 4123 7477 4106 7494

      4127 7538 4157 7509 4148 7490



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