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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

549 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR STEUBEN AND

CHEMUNG COUNTIES...



AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...BATH...CAMERON MILLS...CAMPBELL...CHAMBERS... 

CORNING...ELMIRA...HORNELL...OWENS MILL...ELMIRA...WILLEYVILLE AND 

YOUNG HICKORY.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 OF RAINFALL INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS 

PARTS OF SOUTH STEUBEN AND CHEMUNG COUNTIES SINCE 4 PM.  REPORTS OF 

BASEMENT FLOODING AND WATER ON AREA ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE 

CORNING AREA.  AREA RADARS SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY 

END THROUGH 730 PM.  HOWEVER...WATER WILL REMAIN ON AREA ROADS...AND 

HIGH WATER LEVEL ON AREA DITCHES AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE DURING 

THE EVENING.  



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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