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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1133 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EASTERN TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 1128 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
  AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED
  AREA.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN  
  SITUATED ACROSS THIS REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH      
  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES PER HOUR...AND SEVERAL  
  MORE INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2   
  TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUBURN
  CENTER...WYALUSING...APALACHIN...CANDOR...CASTLE CREEK...ENDWELL...
  NEWARK VALLEY...NICHOLS...OWEGO...VESTAL...VESTAL CENTER AND
  WHITNEY POINT.

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 4158 7642 4231 7635 4230 7625 4232 7624
      4234 7588 4164 7596 4165 7620 4162 7620
      4154 7630 4154 7635

$$

MLJ