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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
318 PM EST Wed Dec 19 2018

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Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-
Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-
Southern Wayne-
Including the cities of Cortland, Norwich, Oneonta, Owego, 
Waverly, Binghamton, Delhi, Walton, Monticello, Sayre, Towanda, 
Hallstead, Montrose, Damascus, Equinunk, Tunkhannock, Scranton, 
Hazleton, Wilkes-Barre, Milford, and Honesdale
318 PM EST Wed Dec 19 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flood Watch for portions of central New York and northeast 
  Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in central New 
  York, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan, 
  and Tioga. In northeast Pennsylvania, Bradford, Lackawanna, 
  Luzerne, Northern Wayne, Pike, Southern Wayne, Susquehanna, 
  and Wyoming. 

* From late Thursday night through late Friday night

* A storm system will impact the region Thursday night through
  Friday night, resulting in a widespread rainfall of 1.5 to 2.0 
  inches with locally higher amounts possible in the Poconos and 
  western Catskills. 

* The wet soil conditions and this amount of rainfall could result
  in minor flooding along the Susquehanna and Delaware River
  basins along with roadways and poor drainage areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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