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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

422 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

MADISON AND ALL OF ONDONDAGA COUNTIES... AND UNTIL 715 AM FOR ONEIDA 

COUNTY...



AT 415 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE 

WARNING AREA. HOWEVER... SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF UP TO HALF AN INCH IN MANY PLACES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN 

DURING THE NIGHT... AND CONTINUED SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING... WILL 

KEEP THE FLOOD THREAT GOING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



LOCATIONS WHERE THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT INCLUDE SYRACUSE... 

BALDWINSVILLE...ROME... AND THE ONEIDA LAKE AREA.



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

CREEKS AROUND THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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