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WGUS61 KBGM 270741
FFABGM
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
341 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-271600-
/O.EXT.KBGM.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-060628T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
341 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN
CENTRAL NEW YORK...BROOME...CHEMUNG...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...
DELAWARE...MADISON...ONEIDA...ONONDAGA...OTSEGO... SCHUYLER...
SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA...STEUBEN...TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND YATES.
IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...SULLIVAN...AND IN NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...BRADFORD... LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...WAYNE...
PIKE...SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL RESULT
IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS TIME. THIS RAIN WILL
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS AS STORMS MOVE FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH.
* ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...
ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF INTO AREA STREAMS
AND CREEKS...WHICH COULD OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS
SITUATION...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV.
$$
PB