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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1051 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT



* AT 1046 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING IN SUSQUEHANNA...BRADFORD...LUZERNE...WYOMING...

  LACKAWANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  WILKES BARRE... SCRANTON... HONESDALE... MONTROSE...  

  TUNKHANNOCK... AND TOWANDA.



FLOODING IS ALREADY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  NUMEROUS 

ROADS ARE CLOSED.  MAIN STREET IN GREAT BEND IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY 

IS UNDERWATER BECAUSE OF A DAM BREAK.  LANESBORO IN SUSQUEHANNA 

COUNTY IS BEING EVACUATED. 



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE WIDESPREAD SINCE MIDNIGHT LAST 

NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... THEN END AROUND 

DAY BREAK WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED... RESULTING IN CONTINUED MAJOR FLOODING. 



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.



LAT...LON 4200 7576 4194 7530 4170 7505 4124 7537

      4091 7606 4120 7632 4155 7624 4161 7679

      4197 7677



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