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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

955 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



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

SULLIVAN COUNTY...



AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 

SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...BLOOMINGBURG...BRIDGEVILLE...FORRESTBURG...GLEN 

SPEY...GLEN WILD... HARTWOOD...HAVEN...HIGHVIEW...KIAMESHA... 

MONTICELLO...MOUNTAIN DALE...MT PROSPER...MT VERNON... 

PHILLIPSPORT...ROCK HILL... THOMPSONVILLE AND WURTSBORO. 



THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 

SULLIVAN COUNTY. MAJOR FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN AND AROUND 

WESTBROOKVILLE. THERE WERE REPORTS OF EVACUATIONS...NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSURES AND WASHOUTS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RUNOFF FROM 

THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST 

MIDNIGHT.  



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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NICOSIA 

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