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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

215 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR LUZERNE AND

LACKAWANNA COUNTIES...



AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST LUZERNE COUNTY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO BE FALLING ACROSS THE AREA FROM WILKES 

BARRE NORTHEAST THROUGH PITTSTOWN. HEAVY RAIN IN LACKAWANA COUNTY 

HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY...SOUTH OF 

SCRANTON. TOTAL RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALLS ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES 

SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS. 



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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