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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

119 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 715 AM EST



* AT 118 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WHICH 

  INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...BURLINGTON...CANTON...

  FRANKLINDALE...GROVER...LE ROY...MONROETON...NEW ALBANY...NORTH    

  TOWANDA...SOUTH BRANCH...SYLVANIA...TOWANDA...TROY AND WYSOX.



RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED BY 4 AM. 



RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 

IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. THE AREA THAT HAS THE HIGHEST 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS THE SMALL STREAMS THAT FLOW DOWN 

BARCLAY AND KELLOGG MOUNTAINS INTO THE TOWANDA CREEK.

 

ADDITIONALLY...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TOWANDA 

CREEK AT MONROETON. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST BETWEEN 14 AND 

15 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 14 FEET.  



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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 4157 7659 4157 7668 4158 7669 4158 7679

      4159 7680 4159 7687 4182 7692 4179 7626

      4154 7630

TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 180DEG 0KT 4164 7660



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