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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

806 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



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DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY-

806 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO AND NORTH CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTIES...



AT 745 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE OTEGO AREA OF OTSEGO COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING NEAR THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ONEONTA...OTEGO...FRANKLIN AND NORTH FRANKLIN. 

AS OF 755 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF 

TO THE EAST AND WEAKENED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT 

EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. 



OTSEGO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A MUDSLIDE ON INTERSTATE 88 

WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN THE OTEGO AREA. ALSO 

IN THE OTEGO AREA...ONE HOME WAS FLOODED. 



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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 4252 7517 4233 7498 4228 7515 4236 7526

      4246 7529



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