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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1053 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN CATSKILLS 

IN NEW YORK AND THE POCONO MOUNTAIN REGION OF NORTHEAST 

PENNSYLVANIA...



AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY 

FRIDAY MORNING WILL BRING RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, TO THE REGION 

OVERNIGHT.  WET SNOW WILL MIX IN AT TIMES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1300 

FEET. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LOCALLY REACH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OVER THE 

WATCH AREA BY MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.  WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S 

TO NEAR 40, A MAJOR SNOWMELT IS NOT EXPECTED.  HOWEVER, SOME 

SNOWMELT IS STILL ANTICIPATED AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE WATER RUNNING 

OFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF 

SOME AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING.  IN 

ADDITION...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY.  

MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL SEE RISES TO 3/4 BANKFULL, BUT FLOODING OF 

RIVERS IS NOT EXPECTED.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS

POSSIBLE...BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP

AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD

HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING OCCUR...OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.  THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECAST ARE AVAILABLE AT

THE WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM.



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