Expires:200907300100;Remove:200907300100;408079 WGUS51 KPHI 291850 FFWPHI NYZ045-046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-300100- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.A.0005.090729T1900Z-090730T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORWICH...ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN... BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...MONTROSE... TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD... HONESDALE 250 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT 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...CHENANGO...DELAWARE...OTSEGO AND SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...NORTHERN WAYNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING. * UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL SLOWLY MOVE OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK BY EARLY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW HAS ALREADY PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE WATCH AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH. THIS AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING BUT LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ HEDEN