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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

845 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR SUSQUEHANNA

COUNTY...



AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...ALFORD...BURNWOOD...ELKDALE...GIBSON...HARFORD...HOP

BOTTOM...LENOXVILLE...ROYAL...UNIONDALE AND WEST LENOX.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT TORRENTIAL 

RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY UNTIL BETWEEN 9 AND 915 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE 

SHOWN THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN 

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY SINCE ABOUT 745 PM.



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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MJ

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