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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

131 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL

BRADFORD COUNTY...



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN 

AND CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY...



AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 

INDICATING A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL BRADFORD 

COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED 

WITH THAT STORM. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THAT AREA THROUGH 

230 PM... AS THE RAIN CONTINUES.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BRADFORD 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THAT AREA COULD 

CREATE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A WARNING MAY NEED 

TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT AREA AS WELL... IF THE HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS. 

THE AREA CURRENTLY RECEIVING THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS THE ROUTE 414 

CORRIDOR ALONG TOWANDA CREEK...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LE ROY... 

MONROETON... AND WEST FRANKLIN.



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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