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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

439 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  EXTREME NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 425 PM EDT...BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

  REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM ALONG THE

  SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR CONKLIN AND KIRKWOOD NEW YORK.



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

  STILLWATER ROAD AREA IN CONKLIN...AND BRIDGE STREET IN KIRKWOOD 

  BROOME COUNTY. 

  

FLOODWATERS ARE RAPDILY RISING NEAR THE ICE JAM...AND EVACUATIONS 

ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE FLOODED AREAS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BACK 

UPSTREAM ALONG THS SUSQUEHANNA RIVER INTO NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA 

COUNTY IN THE HALLSTEAD PENNSYLVANIA AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER 

SHOULD MONITOR THE RIVER LEVEL CLOSELY...AND SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



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 4202 7573 4197 7576 4199 7581 4205 7581



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