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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
124 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS           
  BEEN TRAINING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH    
  THIS PATTERN CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...AT LEAST. A       
  FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EVEN POSSIBLE. THE FORKSON AREA...WHICH HAD  
  SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FROM IRENE...IS LIKELY TO HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS 
  ONCE AGAIN.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MEHOOPANY...MESHOPPEN AND NOXEN.

RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 4148 7625 4156 7621 4164 7620 4164 7594
      4139 7600 4138 7602 4138 7628

$$

MLJ