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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

421 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR SENECA

COUNTY...



AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING 

AREA. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS IN AREAS THAT HAVE 

RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCLUDES THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUBLIN...EAST VARICK...FAYETTE...HAYTS 

CORNERS...KELLY CORNERS...MAC DOUGALL...MAGEE...PACKWOOD 

CORNERS...ROSE HILL...SENECA FALLS...SHELDRAKE SPGS...TYRE AND 

WATERLOO.



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

CREEKS AROUND THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS.



AT 415 PM EDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORT A STATE OF 

EMERGENCY OVER SOUTHERN SENECA COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED AND 

CLOSED...AND TWO HOUSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND ARE IN DANGER OF 

COLLAPSE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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