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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

835 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 830 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE  

RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ARCHBALD...  

BETHANY...CARBONDALE...CLARKS GREEN...CLARKS 

SUMMIT...DALTON...DICKSON CITY...EAST BENTON... 

EQUINUNK...FLEETVILLE...HONESDALE...LAKE   

ARIEL...MAYFIELD...PLEASANT MOUNT...PROMPTON...RUTLEDGEDALE...  

SHEHAWKEN...TOMPKINSVILLE...TRESSLARVILLE...WALLSVILLE...WAVERLY   

AND WAYMART.



AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER SOUTHEASTERN 

SUSQUEHANNA AND NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL 

AFFECT LACKAWANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH 

ABOUT 930 PM.  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR COULD 

FALL.  MANY OF THESE AREAS WERE ALSO HARD HIT WITH FLOODING ON 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  



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 4145 7522 4145 7581 4162 7573 4164 7547

          4177 7548 4189 7544 4186 7519 4165 7506

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