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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
759 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT THURSDAY.

* AT 753 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  ANOTHER AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MOVING INTO LUZERNE COUNTY.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING
  IN THE LUZERNE COUNTY. 

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ALL OF LUZERNE COUNTY. 
  
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA...
  DALLAS...DUPONT...EDWARDSVILLE...MOUNTAIN TOP...HARVEYS LAKE...
  HAZLETON...LARKSVILLE...LUZERNE...NANTICOKE...PITTSTON...PLAINS...
  SHICKSHINNY...SWOYERSVILLE...WILKES-BARRE AND WYOMING.

MAJOR FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY OVER A LARGE PART OF LUZERNE COUNTY. 
THE IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

LAT...LON 4095 7620 4113 7624 4113 7628 4121 7633
      4136 7629 4137 7628 4138 7602 4142 7584
      4139 7582 4134 7569 4119 7565 4115 7560
      4112 7563 4113 7568 4110 7575 4105 7577
      4101 7573 4095 7586 4090 7602

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DJN