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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

747 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.



* AT 743 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE   

RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG FLATS...ELMIRA...ELMIRA 

HEIGHTS...HORSEHEADS...PINE CITY...SEELY CREEK...AND SOUTHPORT.



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN WESTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY SO FAR THIS EVENING.  THIS IS ON 

TOP OF HEAVY RAINS THEY HAD EARLIER TODAY.  ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS  

ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 845 PM...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

EXISTING RUNOFF PROBLEMS. 



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

CREEKS CLOSE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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LAT...LON 4202 7698 4201 7682 4223 7674 4220 7694

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