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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

726 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CHEMUNG...TIOGA AND BROOME COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WINDSOR...  WHITNEY POINT...VESTAL...VAN ETTEN...PINE 

CITY...OWEGO...NEWARK VALLEY...NANTICOKE...MAINE...LISLE.. .  

KIRKWOOD...JOHNSON CITY...HORSEHEADS... ENDWELL...ENDICOTT...ELMIRA 

...CONKLIN...CHENANGO FORKS...CHENANGO BRIDGE...BINGHAMTON...BIG 

FLATS...AND APALACHIN.



HEAVY RAIN OF OVER TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS  

AFTERNOON...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE 

RAPIDLY AND COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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 4241 7587 4218 7556 4200 7550 4202 7697

      4228 7697 4229 7636



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