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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

306 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR STEUBEN

COUNTY...



AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPANDING OVER STEUBEN COUNTY. RADAR TRENDS 

SUGGEST FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF STEUBEN 

COUNTY...AS THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE.



FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED OVER SOUTHWEST STEUBEN 

COUNTY...WHERE SEVERAL ROADS ARE UNDER WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

OVER AN INCH PER HOUR OF RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS. SUCH AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR WITH LITTLE WARNING.



RAPID FLOODING LIKELY WILL OCCUR OVER MANY OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND

CREEKS CLOSE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS.



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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