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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

731 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR BRADFORD

COUNTY...



AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...BRUSHVILLE...BURLINGTON...CAMPTOWN...EAST 

SMITHFIELD...FRANKLINDALE...LE RAYSVILLE...LEONA...LIBERTY 

CORNERS...MACEDONIA...MILAN...MONROE...MONROETON...NORTH 

TOWANDA...ROME...RUSHVILLE...SPRING HILL..SPRINGFIELD... 

TOWANDA...TROY...ULSTER...WARREN CENTER...WEST BURLINGTON...WEST 

FRANKLIN...AND WYSOX.



AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MANY LOCALITIES...WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED 

THROUGH 8 PM.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN 

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND THAT ROUTE 6 NEAR TOWANDA IS UNDER ABOUT 

A FOOT OF WATER. 



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

CREEKS CLOSE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS.  SOME OF THESE CREEKS 

AND STREAMS INCLUDE WYSOX CREEK...KING CREEK...AND TOWANDA CREEK.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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MJ

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