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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

526 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007



NYC109-250100-

TOMPKINS NY-

526 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL TOMPKINS COUNTY...



AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

SHOW AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE

  RIDGE...LANSINGVILLE...MYERS...WEST DRYDEN AND WEST GROTON.



SALMON CREEK HAS HAD THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE BASIN IMPACTED BY 

BASIN AVERAGE RAINFALLS EXCEEDING 2.0 INCHES ON THE BINGHAMTON 

RADAR. OTHER BASINS TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALLS INCLUDE TAUGHANNOCK 

CREEK...MINNEGAR BROOK...HEMLOCK CREEK...LOCKE CREEK...MILL 

CREEK...AND GULF CREEK.  RAINFALL RATES UPWARDS TO 2.5 INCHES WITHIN 

AN HOUR HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THESE BASINS.  SUCH RAPID RAINFALL RATES 

ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN MULTIPLE SMALL STREAMS IN NORTH 

WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TOMPKINS COUNTY.



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. 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 4258 7661 4263 7666 4261 7639 4250 7639

      4254 7657

TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 180DEG 0KT 4257 7654



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