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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1230 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT 



* AT 1225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 3 

  AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PIKE COUNTY SINCE

  YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS

  EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. 



AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR 

ROAD FLOODING IN MATAMORAS AND DINGMANS FERRY. THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED WILL LEAD TO MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN 

URBAN AREAS AND ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN PIKE 

COUNTY.                  



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. NEVER 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AN AREA WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



LAT...LON 4138 7468 4132 7460 4123 7477 4106 7494

      4127 7538 4157 7509 4148 7490



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