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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

446 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



NYC007-011-017-023-025-053-065-067-077-107-109-PAC015-069-079-115-

127-131-162245-

CORTLAND NY-CHENANGO NY-TOMPKINS NY-DELAWARE NY-TIOGA NY-MADISON NY-

OTSEGO NY-BROOME NY-ONONDAGA NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-BRADFORD PA-LUZERNE PA-

WYOMING PA-LACKAWANNA PA-ONEIDA NY-CAYUGA NY-WAYNE PA-

446 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR WAYNE...

SOUTHEASTERN CAYUGA...ONEIDA...LACKAWANNA...WYOMING...LUZERNE...

EASTERN BRADFORD...SUSQUEHANNA...ONONDAGA...BROOME...WESTERN

OTSEGO...MADISON...EASTERN TIOGA...WESTERN DELAWARE...EASTERN

TOMPKINS...CHENANGO AND CORTLAND COUNTIES...



AT 445 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO 

FALL FROM THE WYOMING VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA NORTH ACROSS THE 

BINGHAMTON AREA... AND NORTH TO NEAR UTICA.  THE BAND OF RAIN HAS 

BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE BAND. SERIOUS FLASH 

FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS. PARTICULARLY HARD HIT HAS BEEN 

THE BINGHAMTON AREA... WHERE MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED... AND CARS ARE 

REPORTED TO BE FLOATING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. ROADS ARE REPORTED TO 

BE CLOSED IN MANY OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY EAST THROUGH 

EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WILL RANGE 

FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BINGHAMTON... WILKES BARRE... SCRANTON... SYRACUSE... AND UTICA.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT

BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 4352 7562 4332 7523 4240 7497 4175 7520

      4095 7534 4038 7618 4215 7635 4347 7664



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