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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
746 AM EST MON DEC 18 2023
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LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-
746 AM EST MON DEC 18 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST THIS
MORNING FOR CENTRAL LACKAWANNA AND NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTIES...
AT 746 AM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SCRANTON, WILKES-BARRE, PITTSTON, WAVERLY, DUNMORE, OLD FORGE,
ARCHBALD, DICKSON CITY, MOOSIC, OLYPHANT, CLARKS SUMMIT,
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE, WEST WYOMING, MAYFIELD, CLARKS GREEN,
DALTON, SUGAR NOTCH, BEAR CREEK VILLAGE AND GLENDALE.
WATER UP TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF A RESIDENCE IN OLD FORGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4143 7583 4144 7583 4146 7581 4148 7579
4151 7576 4161 7561 4152 7549 4131 7560
4107 7597 4123 7612 4133 7600 4141 7589
4142 7587 4142 7586 4142 7585 4142 7584
4143 7584
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
DJN
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