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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

700 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 657 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

PAST HOUR...NEAR NANTICOKE.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS FROM HUNTINGTON MILLS TO 

NANTICOKE TO WILKES-BARRE.



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.



LAT...LON 4129 7609 4112 7617 4078 7533 4112 7515



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