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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 127 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 WILL CONTINUE 
  TRACKING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AN           
  ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINALL IS EXPECTED...THROUGH 4 PM. 
  EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL ONLY WORSEN IN SEVERITY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENE...
  NORWICH...OTSELIC...OXFORD AND SHERBURNE.

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 4223 7561 4223 7564 4225 7564 4225 7576
      4226 7584 4244 7587 4272 7589 4275 7544

$$

MLJ