...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY TOWARD DAYBREAK AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...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...BEFORE SPREADING EAST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING...AND THEN FINALLY INTO THE CATSKILLS BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. 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 RIVERS 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. & &
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...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD RAIN OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN FINGER LAKES BY DAYBREAK AND MOVE EAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COMBINED WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. NYZ009-015 & gt;018-022 & gt;025-036-037-044 & gt;046-055 & gt;057-062-PAZ038 & gt;040-043- 044-047-048-072-012000- /O.CON.KBGM.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-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 40
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