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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

428 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT AROUND 415 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE   

  TOWN OF GOUVERNEUR REPORTED SEVERE FLOODING AND ARE RECOMMENDING 

  NO UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. FLASH FLOODING RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

  JUST SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT 

  DRUM...WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF SAINT 

  LAWRENCE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HEUVELTON...GOUVERNEUR...RICHVILLE...DE KALB...RENSSELAER FALLS...

  SOUTH EDWARDS...RUSSELL...HERMON AND EDWARDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. 



LAT...LON 4441 7589 4413 7529 4443 7511 4460 7528

      4474 7548



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