FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY!!

. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH WARM HUMID AIR OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COULD DROP ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. IN ADDITION, SOME LOCATIONS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE LAST TWO DAYS DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS.

* HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS, CREEKS, AND URBAN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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