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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1244 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.



* AT 1236 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE   

RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AVOCA...PITTSTON AND THE 

NEARBY MOUNTAINS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WYOMING VALLEY..



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



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LAT...LON 4128 7594 4145 7580 4165 7574 4164 7545

          4126 7545 4115 7564 4123 7567 4115 7581



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