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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

643 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



NYC007-017-023-025-053-065-067-077-107-PAC015-069-079-115-127-131-

170130-

CORTLAND NY-CHENANGO 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-WAYNE PA-

643 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR 

WAYNE...ONEIDA...LACKAWANNA...WYOMING...LUZERNE...BRADFORD...

SUSQUEHANNA...ONONDAGA...BROOME...OTSEGO...MADISON...TIOGA...

DELAWARE...CHENANGO AND CORTLAND COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



AT 645 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.  THE 

RAIN HAS ENDED AT WILKES-BARRE... SCRANTON... AND BINGHAMTON... AND 

WILL END AT SYRACUSE AROUND 7 PM. RAIN WILL END IN THE WESTERN 

MOHAWK VALLEY AND WESTERN CATSKILLS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WERE WIDESPREAD WITH THIS RAIN... WITH A FEW 

LOCATIONS APPROACHING 4 INCHES. 



SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA... AND WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED... AND CARS ARE 

SUBMERGED. A MUDSLIDE ON INTERSTATE 88 HAS RESULTED IN A MULTI 

INJURY ACCIDENT. MANY STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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 4351 7497 4113 7523 4093 7631 4322 7615



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