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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1024 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST 

CHEMUNG COUNTY...



AT 1017 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THAT RAIN WAS ENDING OVER THE COUNTY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO 

TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ESTIMATES HAVE SHOWN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE TOWNS OF ERIN AND VAN ETTEN. FLOODED ROADS 

AND CREEKS WERE REPORTED EARLIER IN THE VICINITY OF LAUREL HILL 

ROAD. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH 1145 

PM AS THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL STILL RUN OFF THROUGH THE CREEK 

BASINS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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