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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
316 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT... SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE FLEISCHMANNS 
  AND MARGARETVILLE AREAS. 

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FLEISCHMANNS AND MARGARETVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLEISCHMANNS AND MARGARETVILLE.

SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUES IN FLEISCHMANNS AND MARGARETVILLE. RESCUES 
ARE ONGOING IN THOSE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO 
MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND HALF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER SEVERE 
FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS 
EVENING. 

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL 
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4216 7445 4214 7451 4214 7453 4212 7456
      4211 7458 4218 7458 4220 7452 4217 7445

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