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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

620 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

  BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.



* AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

VERY SLOW MOVING BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

ENDICOTT IN WESTERN BROOME COUNTY TO NEAR THE BINGHAMTON REGIONAL 

AIRPORT...THEN FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY NEAR 

MCDONOUGH.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A 

HALF /1.50/ AND THREE AND A HALF INCHES /3.50/ OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

WITHIN THIS BAND SINCE 4 PM EDT.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS 

EVENING WILL BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 

CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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MJ

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