Thursday, July 28, 2016

Flash Flood Watch

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH
TO CAUSE FLOODING... PRIMARILY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS IN
URBAN LOCATIONS. RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN AN HOUR OR TWO
WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...PIKE AND ...SOUTHERN WAYNE.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES BUT
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* THE FLOOD THREAT WILL BE PRIMARILY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH
AS URBAN LOCATIONS. WIDESPREAD STREAM FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED
AND NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MAJOR RIVERS.

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

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