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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1219 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.



* AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING MADISON AND ONEIDA COUNTIES. SPOTTER REPORTS 

AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES SINCE FRIDAY EVENING.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD WASHOUTS IN 

MADISON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN EXISTING PROBLEMS AND MAY CAUSE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  



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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