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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.



* AT 1149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

HEAVY BANDS OF RAIN AFFECTING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  

SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN TWO AND 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE FRIDAY EVENING.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON. THIS ADDED RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS OTHER 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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