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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

541 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR BROOME

COUNTY...



AT 538 PM EDT...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF BROOME 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING 

STILL OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA WITH WATER OVER ROUTE 79 IN OQUAGA 

AND A WASHOUT OF MOUNTAIN ROAD BETWEEN OQUAGA AND EAST WINDSOR.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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