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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

540 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



* AT 535 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MOVING INTO CHEMUNG COUNTY. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING WHICH CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS IN 

STEUBEN COUNTY.



RAPID FLOODING LIKELY WILL OCCUR OVER MANY OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS. URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN HEAVIER 

THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING IN 

CHEMUNG COUNTY.



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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