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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

229 PM 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 530 PM EDT



* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY 

  SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...EXISTING    

  FLOOD PROBLEMS CONTINUE DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. 



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

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

  SOUTH CORNING...SONORA...SAVONA...RHEIMS...PAINTED POST...MEADS

  CREEK...LINDLEY...KANONA...JASPER...HOWARD...HORNELL...HORNBY...

  HASKINVILLE...HARTSVILLE...HAMMONDSPORT...GREENWOOD...GANG MILLS...

  ERWINS...EAST CORNING...CORNING...COOPERS PLAINS...CATON...

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



COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS 

REMAIN CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...MOST NOTABLY PARTS OF STATE 

ROUTE 417 IN THE WOODHULL AREA.  EVEN AS WATER BEGINS TO SLOWLY 

RECEDE DURING THE AFTERNOON...LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO 

MAINTAIN FLOOD PROBLEMS.



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 4245 7713 4225 7698 4202 7699 4200 7775

      4247 7772



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