[emo-news] Special Weather Statement

[Emergency Management News - Norwich, NY]

The Norwich Emergency Management Office is closely monitoring the potential for very heavy rainfall this weekend from the remnants of Ernesto.  The following is a Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service in Binghamton regarding the track of this tropical system.  

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Special Weather StatementSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL
 WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
335 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO MAY ARRIVE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
THIS WEEKEND...

TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING...THEN TURN NORTH INTO THE CAROLINAS
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING
NORTH TOWARD PENNSYLVANIA ON FRIDAY...AND FINALLY PASS THROUGH
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON SATURDAY.

BASED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS...RAIN IS LIKELY TO REACH THE NEW
YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA BORDER FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN OVERSPREAD THE
REST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ON SATURDAY. AS WITH ANY TROPICAL
SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE RIVER LEVELS...AND GROUND
MOISTURE CONDITIONS AROUND OUR REGION ARE CONSIDERABLY ABOVE
NORMAL DUE TO PERIODIC HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. IT WILL
THEREFORE ONLY TAKE A FEW INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN TO
 INITIATE
FLOODING OF THE SMALLER STREAMS...TRIBUTARIES AND EVEN THE MAIN
STEM RIVERS.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STAY ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCHES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS WEEK. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...OR VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BINGHAMTON.

$$

JAB





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