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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1035 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHERN 

TOMPKINS COUNTY...AND 1215 AM FOR NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY...



AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...HOWEVER...THE RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. A RAIN GAUGE 

REPORTER FROM DANBY REPORTED 2.65 INCHES SINCE 7 PM. THE WARNING 

WILL CONTINUE AS THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF 

THROUGH THE CREEK BASINS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. 



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. 

STATE ROUTE 34/96 FROM THE TOWN OF SPENCER TO THE COUNTY BORDER HAS 

BEEN REPORTED TO BE CLOSED. A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT ON HULBERT 

HOLLOW ROAD. 



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND ROADWAYS MAY BE OBSERVED IN 

THE FOLLOWING AREAS. BERKSHIRE...BESEMER...BROOKTONDALE... 

CAROLINE...DANBY...EAST BERKSHIRE...JENKSVILLE...NORTH 

SPENCER...RICHFORD...SLATERVILLE SPRINGS...SOUTH DANBY...SOUTH 

HILL...SPEEDVILLE...WEST DANBY...WEST NEWARK...WEST SLATERVILLE AND 

WILLSEYVILLE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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