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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

836 AM EDT THU SEP 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 834 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED      

  AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN STEUBEN      

  COUNTY. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING...AGGRAVATING    

  EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS    

  INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO     

  FAR...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS  

  OF THE COUNTY.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODHULL...

  WEST CAMERON...URBANA...TROUPSBURG...THURSTON...SOUTH DANSVILLE...

  SONORA...SAVONA...RHEIMS...KANONA...JASPER...HOWARD...HORNELL...

  HASKINVILLE...HARTSVILLE...HAMMONDSPORT...GREENWOOD...CANISTEO...

  CAMPBELL...CAMERON...BATH...AVOCA...ARKPORT AND ADDISON.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

CONTINUES ALONG PARTS OF THE TUSCARORA CREEK. EVACUATIONS HAVE BEGUN 

ALONG PARTS OF STATE ROUTE 417 IN THE TOWNS OF WOODHULL AND 

TUSCARORA. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN THE TOWNS OF 

TUSCARORA...WOODHULL...CANISTEO...AND BATH. 



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 4246 7714 4200 7721 4200 7775 4247 7771



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