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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
335 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 332 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 DALLAS...
  EDWARDSVILLE...FERN BROOK...KINGSTON...LAFLIN...LARKSVILLE...
  LUZERNE...PENOBSCOT...PLAINS...PLYMOUTH...PRESTON...SHAVERTOWN...
  SUGAR NOTCH...SWOYERSVILLE...WEST WYOMING...WILKES-BARRE...
  WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP AND WYOMING.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE AROUND 2 INCHES. RAIN FROM A
THUNDERSTORM WAS STILL IN THE AREA WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH EXPECTED.
SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL IN URBAN AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE RAIN
WILL RUN OFF. IN ADDITION THE RAIN WILL CAUSE TOBY CREEK TO RISE
QUICKLY.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4128 7574 4115 7587 4129 7610 4137 7596

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