BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
423 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 413 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HEADED FOR THE WARNED AREA. ADDTIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS WILL
LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS
WARNING INCLUDES THE GREATER SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE METROS.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUBURN
CENTER...AVOCA...CARBONDALE...CLARKS SUMMIT...DALLAS...DALTON...
DICKSON CITY...DUNMORE...DUPONT...EDWARDSVILLE...FACTORYVILLE...
MOUNTAIN TOP...GIBSON...GOULDSBORO...GREAT BEND...HARVEYS LAKE...
HAZLETON...HOP BOTTOM...LACEYVILLE...LAKE CAREY...LARKSVILLE...
LUZERNE...MEHOOPANY...MESHOPPEN...MONTROSE...MOOSIC...MOSCOW...
NANTICOKE...NEW MILFORD...NICHOLSON...NOXEN...OLD FORGE...
OSTERHOUT...PITTSTON...PLAINS...SCRANTON...SHICKSHINNY...
SUSQUEHANNA...SWOYERSVILLE...TUNKHANNOCK...WILKES-BARRE AND
WYOMING.
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 4094 7621 4113 7624 4113 7629 4120 7633
4130 7633 4155 7622 4165 7620 4165 7612
4199 7615 4200 7549 4126 7545 4122 7555
4112 7564 4113 7570 4109 7577 4105 7577
4102 7574 4097 7581 4090 7602
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