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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1137 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR BROOME 

COUNTY...



BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTS MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

EASTERN PORTION OF BROOME COUNTY. ROUTE 17 HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER 

ON THE ROAD BETWEEN EXITS 79 AND 80. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A PERSON 

TRAPPED ON TOP OF A CAR NEAR WINDSOR. HEAVY DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED TO 

A TRAILER PARK IN THIS AREA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF...BUT 

RUNOFF FROM THE EVENINGS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

IN EASTERN BROOME COUNTY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 



PERSONS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 17 TOWARD EXITS 79 AND 80 SHOULD FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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