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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1259 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR DELAWARE

COUNTY...



AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DELAWARE COUNTY. THE 

STRONGEST STORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 

COUNTY...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE ACROSS DELAWARE COUNTY AS THE RESULT

OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING 

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE ENDED FOR AWHILE 

THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON AS RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS CONTINUES TO FLOW 

INTO AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS COULD DEVELOP 

AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



ROAD WASHOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN COLCHESTER...ANDES...AND HANCOCK 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 



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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