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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
135 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 133 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA...
DUNMORE...MOOSIC...MOSCOW...OLD FORGE AND SCRANTON.
A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 3 PM.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF OVER 2 INCHES WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE RAPID
FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS. URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
WILL BE AT GREATEST RISK.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.
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.
LAT...LON 4137 7594 4141 7590 4142 7585 4148 7580
4142 7546 4128 7550
MSE
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