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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

810 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR LUZERNE

COUNTY...



AT 805 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS LUZERNE COUNTY...FROM CONYNGHAM 

EAST TO WHITEHAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED FROM THE MUHLENBERG AREA SOUTHEAST TO 

NANTICOKE WHERE EARLIER THIS EVENING DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP 

TO 2.5 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY AND RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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