...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NEW YORK...BROOME...CHEMUNG... CHENANGO...CORTLAND...DELAWARE...MADISON...NORTHERN ONEIDA... ONONDAGA...OTSEGO...SCHUYLER...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA... SOUTHERN ONEIDA...STEUBEN...SULLIVAN...TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND YATES. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BRADFORD...LACKAWANNA... LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING. * FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND HELP SATURATE THE GROUND. RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY TOWARD DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CATSKILL AND POCONO MOUNTAINS. * HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FINGER LAKES BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...SPREADING EAST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE CATSKILLS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY SEE SHARP RISES DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE MAINSTEM CHEMUNG...SUSQUEHANNA AND WEST BRANCH OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AS WELL AS THEIR TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING...WORKING OR DRIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. & &
The following locations are affected:
...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD RAIN INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN FINGER LAKES BY DAYBREAK AND MOVE EAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. NYZ009-015 & gt;018-022 & gt;025-036-037-044 & gt;046-055 & gt;057-062-PAZ038 & gt;040-043- 044-047-048-072-010445- /O.CON.KBGM.FA.A.0006.101201T0600Z-101202T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS... AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA... ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA... COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO... TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON... WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE 34
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