Flash Flood Warning

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The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 145 AM EDT.

* At 1043 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

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... Hazleton, West Hazleton, Freeland, Conyngham, Nescopeck, Slocum, White Haven, Shickshinny, Drums, Mountain Top, Drifton, Woodside-Drifton, Pond Hill, Beach Haven, Rock Glen, East Berwick, Dorrance, Nuangola, Penn Lake Park and New Columbus.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Reyburn Creek, Black Creek, Balliet Run, Shickshinny Creek, Hazle Creek, Little Nescopeck Creek, Stony Creek, Walker Run, Sandy Run, Salem Creek, Pond Creek, Catawissa Creek, Turtle Creek, Little Pine Creek, Little Wapwallopen Creek, Huntington Creek, Newport Creek, Big Wapwallopen Creek, Bow Creek, Susquehanna River, South Branch Newport Creek and Dreck Creek.