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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1049 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT SUNDAY. 

* AT 1037 AM EDT...WYOMING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS    
  REPORTED SEVERE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN THE NOXEN
  AND FORKSTON AREAS IN WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY.  

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY. 

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

REPORTS OF 30 HOMES SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS...4 FLOODED BRIDGES 
AND MORE THAN ONE DOZEN FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF 
WATER RESCUES. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY AND 
WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODING IN THIS AREA UNTIL EARLY 
AFTERNOON. 

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.

LAT...LON 4138 7629 4158 7621 4158 7605 4139 7599
      4138 7602 4138 7628

$$
DJN