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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

539 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR 

CHEMUNG AND UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR BRADFORD COUNTIES HAVE BEEN 

CANCELLED...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CHEMUNG COUNTY HAD EARLIER REPORTED 

FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADWAYS INCLUDING ROUTE 14 IN HORSEHEADS. WATER 

HAD ALSO BEEN REPORTED OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN BRADFORD COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED 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.



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