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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

240 PM EST THU MAR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS EXTENDING A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE CHENANGO RIVER IN BROOME COUNTY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 830 PM EST.



* AT 240 PM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN ICE JAM

  ON THE CHENANGO RIVER IN CHENANGO BRIDGE, OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF  

  BINGHAMTON



THE WATER BEHIND THE ICE JAM CONTINUES TO RISE AND HAS FLOODED 

SEVERAL STRUCTURES IN THE AREA. THE JAM COULD RELEASE VERY ABRUPTLY 

AND BEGIN TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM. RESIDENTS IN THE PORT DICKINSON, 

NIMMONSBURG, AND BINGHAMTON AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE RIVER CLOSELY 

IN CASE OF FUTURE ICE JAMMING.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STRANDED VEHICLES SHOULD 

BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY

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