Thursday, July 9, 2015

Flash Flood Watch

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...LACKAWANNA AND LUZERNE.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE POCONOS
AND GREATER SCRANTON AND WILKES BARRE AREAS DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING
AN INCH PER HOUR. THE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ALREADY MOIST SOILS
COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* SMALL STREAMS COULD SPILL THEIR BANKS RAPIDLY...ROADS COULD
BECOME WASHED OUT...URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD
SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY
LOCALIZED. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON OUR LARGER RIVER
SYSTEMS.

For more information:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=BGM&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

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