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It has rained like the dickens here, every day this week but Wednesday. On the news, the river is going to crest at 32 feet; flood stage in Wilkes-Barre is 23 feet. The dikes are good up to 40 feet. Up and down the rivers, widespread flooding is anticipated. I live in Mountain Top, and water is running through my back yard like a river, from the roads and driveways into the swales.
Here is the forecast for the next 24 hours (we are Luzerne County, in PA):
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 632 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... IN CENTRAL NEW YOORK BROOME COUNTY CHENANGO COUNTY DELAWARE COUNTY OTSEGO COUNTY SULLIVAN COUNTY TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BRADFORD COUNTY LACKAWANNA COUNTY LUZERNE COUNTY PIKE COUNTY SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY WAYNE COUNTY WYOMING COUNTY
* UNTIL 1230 AM EST
* AT 630 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION IN NEW YORK... AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA... WITH LOCALLY AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE POCONOS AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. MAJOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
Sheesh.
Here is the forecast for the next 24 hours (we are Luzerne County, in PA):
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 632 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... IN CENTRAL NEW YOORK BROOME COUNTY CHENANGO COUNTY DELAWARE COUNTY OTSEGO COUNTY SULLIVAN COUNTY TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BRADFORD COUNTY LACKAWANNA COUNTY LUZERNE COUNTY PIKE COUNTY SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY WAYNE COUNTY WYOMING COUNTY
* UNTIL 1230 AM EST
* AT 630 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION IN NEW YORK... AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA... WITH LOCALLY AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE POCONOS AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. MAJOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
Sheesh.
) Today it started snowng and we have about 2" now 
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