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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY

946 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 944 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES

  INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE 

  DAYBREAK. A TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR LIBERTY REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF 

  HEAVY RAIN SINCE 7 AM. THE SPOTTER ALSO INDICATED THAT ROADS NEAR 

  HIS LOCATION WERE WASHING OUT WITH PARTS OF THE ROAD ROLLING DOWN THE 

  HILL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BLOOMINGBURG...GRAHAMSVILLE...LIBERTY...LOCH SHELDRAKE...MONTICELLO

  AND WURTSBORO. SMALL STREAMS THAT MAY BE FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE TROUT BROOK...KINNE BROOK AND MILL BROOK.



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

IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 

FLOOD SITUATION IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WITH ROADS BECOMING INUNDATED 

AND WASHED OUT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4150 7448 4150 7469 4149 7474 4148 7475

      4148 7481 4202 7478 4187 7446 4185 7446

      4174 7457 4166 7441 4164 7438 4160 7437



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