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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

106 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



* AS OF 100 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE PUSHED OUT OF CORTLAND 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE FROM RAINS 

THAT HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOODING RELATED PROBLEMS 

PERSIST COUNTY-WIDE.  SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE WASHED OUT AND OR CLOSED.  THE 

WORST EFFECTS FROM FLOODING ARE REPORTED TO BE IN MCGRAW TOWNSHIP.  



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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