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WGUS51 KBGM 100244

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NYC015-100545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1040 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OVER WESTERN 

CHEMUNG COUNTY.  HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIE 

UPSTREAM ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  SOME OF THESE SHOWERS 

AND STORMS SHOULD RE-ENTER CHEMUNG COUNTY AFTER 11 PM.  LOCALIZED 

DOWNPOURS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD ONLY AGGRAVATE 

EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS.



COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING 

THAT MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING THE 

DRY RUN AND SEELY CREEKS.   



FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...BIG FLATS...ELMIRA...ELMIRA HEIGHTS...HORSEHEADS...PINE 

CITY...SEELY CREEK...AND SOUTHPORT.



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.



$$



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

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000 

WGUS51 KBGM 100244

FFWBGM

NYC015-100545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1040 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OVER WESTERN 

CHEMUNG COUNTY.  HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIE 

UPSTREAM ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  SOME OF THESE SHOWERS 

AND STORMS SHOULD RE-ENTER CHEMUNG COUNTY AFTER 11 PM.  LOCALIZED 

DOWNPOURS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD ONLY AGGRAVATE 

EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS.



COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING 

THAT MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING THE 

DRY RUN AND SEELY CREEKS.   



FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS...BIG FLATS...ELMIRA...ELMIRA HEIGHTS...HORSEHEADS...PINE 

CITY...SEELY CREEK...AND SOUTHPORT.



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.



$$



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

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