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NYC025-280600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1215 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR 

DELAWARE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING 

IN DOWNSVILLE...EAST BRANCH...HANCOCK...AND SHINHOPPLE HAVE WEAKENED 

AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA 

HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS 

STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER...MUD..OR OTHER DEBRIS. MOTORISTS 

ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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