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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

1056 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1054 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEASTERN      

  LUZERNE COUNTY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORRENTIAL        

  RAINFALL...WILL PERSIST OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 1130 

  PM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



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

  WEST WYOMING...WEST PITTSTON...SWOYERSVILLE...SHAVERTOWN...

  PITTSTON...HUGHESTOWN...FERN BROOK...EXETER...DUPONT...DALLAS AND

  AVOCA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4138 7601 4127 7599 4131 7571 4136 7575

      4141 7585



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MJ

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