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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH...IN EFFECT
TODAY...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NEW YORK...
BROOME...CORTLAND...CHENANGO...DELAWARE...OTSEGO...SULLIVAN &
TIOGA.
IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BRADFORD...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...PIKE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE &
WYOMING.
AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVING NE THROUGH THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION & INTO NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT WILL BRING
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET & SNOW AT TIMES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
1000 FEET WHILE IT FALLS AS MAINLY RAIN AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. TOTAL
AVERAGE RAIN AMOUNTS FROM WHAT HAS FALLEN ALREADY THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL RANGE FROM THREE-QUARTERS TO ONE &
ONE-HALF INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. FORTUNATELY...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN IN THE 30S TO NEAR 40. THIS WILL HELP TO REDUCE SNOW MELT
FROM THE DEEP SNOW PACKS IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA &
DELAWARE RIVER BASINS. EVEN A LITTLE SNOWMELT WILL ADD TO THE RAIN
WATER RUNNING OFF INTO STREAMS & CREEKS & CAUSE THEM TO SWELL
TODAY.
THIS AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION & RUNOFF COMBINED...MAY CAUSE VERY
MINOR FLOODING OF SOME AREA STREAMS & CREEKS TODAY. IN
ADDITION...TYPICAL NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING & POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS IS LIKELY. MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL SEE RISES OF 3/4 BANKFULL...
TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE AT SOME FORECAST POINTS...BUT EXCEEDING FLOOD
STAGE ON THE LARGER RIVERS IS NOT EXPECTED.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS & OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER & BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING B E
william spencer
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