Heavy Downpours Bring Us a Flood Advisory!

Here is the latest fro the National Weather Service in Binghamton:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN BROOME COUNTY... SOUTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY... WEST CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 430 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING... AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AFTON... BAINBRIDGE... BRISBEN... COVENTRY... GREENE... GUILFORD... MT UPTON... NINEVEH... NORWICH... OXFORD... ROCKDALE... SOUTH OXFORD... EAST SIDNEY... SIDNEY... GILBERTSVILLE... OTEGO... UNADILLA... WEST END... CASTLE CREEK... CHENANGO FORKS... HARPURSVILLE AND NWS BINGHAMTON.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES PER HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.