THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SULLIVAN COUNTY... * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 610 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING... AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BETHEL... BLOOMINGBURG... CALLICOON... COCHECTON... ELDRED... FALLSBURG... FOSTERDALE... GLEN SPEY... GRAHAMSVILLE... HARRIS... HARTWOOD... HAVEN... HAZEL... HIGHLAND LAKE... HIGHVIEW... HORTONVILLE... HURLEYVILLE... JEFFERSONVILLE... KIAMESHA... LAVA... LIBERTY... LIVINGSTON MANOR... LOCH SHELDRAKE... MAPLEWOOD... MONGAUP VALLEY... MONTICELLO... NEVERSINK... PARKSVILLE... PHILLIPSPORT... ROCK HILL... ROSCOE... SOUTH FALLSBURG... SWAN LAKE... THOMPSONVILLE... WHITE LAKE... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... WILLOWEMOC... WOODBOURNE... WOODRIDGE... WURTSBORO... NARROWSBURG... FREMONT AND OAKLAND. RAIN WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN IS ONCE AGAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND CAUSE FLOODING OF DITCHES AND CULVERTS... AND RAPID RISE ALONG SMALL STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE ELEVATED OR EVEN RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS... PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES... STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:18:41 +0000