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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

830 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA   

  WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN BROOME...EASTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND      

  WYOMING COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL    

  STREAMS...CREEKS AND ROADWAYS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  TUNKHANNOCK...SUSQUEHANNA...SPRINGVILLE...OSTERHOUT...NICHOLSON...    

  NEW MILFORD...MCCLURE...MEHOOPANY...LANESBORO...LAKE CAREY...KASSON   

  BROOK...HOP BOTTOM...HARFORD...GIBSON...EVANS FALLS AND SANFORD.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4217 7532 4143 7593 4145 7619 4219 7550



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