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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

718 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1015 PM EST



* AT 711 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IN NORTHERN

  CHENANGO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE OTSELIC AND PITCHER

  AREAS...OVER TO NEAR SHERBURNE. COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAVE

  REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...WHERE LOCAL CULVERTS COULD NOT 

  HANDLE THE WATER RUN OFF.

  

  RAIN WILL BE ENDING IN THE NEXT HOUR...BUT CONTINUED RUNOFF INTO

  SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD CAUSE FLOOD 

  PROBLEMS TO BECOME MORE SEVERE IN SOME AREAS. THERE HAVE BEEN

  REPORTS OF MORE  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES OVER IN 

  CORTLAND COUNTY FROM THE RAIN TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN WAS ENTERING 

  WESTERN NEW YORK AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA...

  SHERBURNE...PLYMOUTH...PITCHER...OTSELIC...NORTH NORWICH...

  EARLVILLE AND COLUMBUS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING

IN YOUR LOCAL AREA...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4275 7529 4262 7540 4254 7588 4274 7587



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