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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

853 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHWESTERN TOMPKINS 

  COUNTY. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN NEARBY CHEMUNG COUNTY,

  AND IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP SHORTLY IN THE AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH

  DANBY...NEWFIELD...DANBY...BROOKTONDALE AND BESEMER. PERSONS NEAR 

  MCCORN CREEK...CAYUGA INLET...JACKSON AND MICHIGAN CREEKS SHOULD 

  WATCH CLOSELY FOR FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 4240 7639 4227 7642 4227 7668 4241 7661



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