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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

846 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR BRADFORD

COUNTY...



AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER BRADFORD COUNTY. RAPID 

RISES ARE OCCURRING ON MANY AREA STREAMS INCLUDING THE TOWANDA 

CREEK. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING THAT MANY AREA ROADS HAVE STANDING 

WATER OR WATER FLOWING OVER THEM.





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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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