7pm update: Add Schoharie, Ulster, and Greene Counties to Friday's forecast. Also, add "localized amounts of up to 6 inches" of rain, and some snow at high altitudes. This is starting to look a little grim.
There's another flood watch on for much of the Catskill region tomorrow night through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service's Binghamton office, via NY-Alert. Delaware, Oneida, Otsego, Sullivan counties will get 1 to 3 inches of rain or more:
..HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI... .A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASING FLOW OFF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL SPREAD HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INLAND. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES UP THE ATLANTIC COAST...HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE CATSKILLS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY WITH LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL OVER MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLOODING. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...DELAWARE...NORTHERN ONEIDA...OTSEGO AND SOUTHERN ONEIDA. IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...SULLIVAN. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.
