Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROOME, SOUTHEASTERN TIOGA, NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD AND NORTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES... At 339 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated between 1 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen across the warned area. Less than a half inch of additional rain is expected, but flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly from the earlier heavy rain. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Endicott, Owego, Vestal, Wysox, Windham, Nichols, Rome, Le Raysville, Little Meadows, Friendsville, Warren Center, Apalachin, Tioga Terrace, Lounsberry, Vestal Center, Orwell, West Warren, Campville and Macedonia. Wappasening Creek, Apalachin Creek, and Tracy Creek will be especially vulnerable to potential flash flooding. The Wappesening Creek gage near Windham shot up almost 4 feet in 2 hours, but appears to have crested around 9.3 feet and is beginning to fall. Rises may still be underway towards the Wappesening confluence with the Susquehanna River near Nichols. FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED