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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

559 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN IN STEUBEN COUNTY.



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

WEST CAMERON...CORNING...PRATTSBURG...PAINTED POST...MEADS 

CREEK...LINDLEY...JASPER...HOWARD...  HORNELL...HAMMONDSPORT...  

ERWINS...COHOCTON...CAMPBELL...CAMERON...BATH...AND ADDISON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS RAIN ALONG WITH RAIN WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CAUSE 

SMALL STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING OF AREA ROADS IS 

LIKELY. 



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4256 7717 4225 7698 4201 7696 4199 7776

      4256 7769



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