BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
501 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT
* AT 447 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES FELL IN A
NARROW BAND FROM WESTERN LUZERNE COUNTY TO EAST CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTY SINCE LAST EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA...
CARBONDALE...DALLAS...DICKSON CITY...DUNMORE...DUPONT...
EDWARDSVILLE...MOUNTAIN TOP...HAZLETON...HONESDALE...LARKSVILLE...
LUZERNE...MOOSIC...MOSCOW...NANTICOKE...OLD FORGE...PITTSTON...
PLAINS...SCRANTON...SHICKSHINNY...SWOYERSVILLE...WAYMART...
WILKES-BARRE AND WYOMING.
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
HAS OCCURRED...AND REMAINS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS AS
RAINWATER FLOWS INTO THE RIVERS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED
BASEMENTS...AND ROAD CLOSURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE
AREA. THE LACKAWANNA RIVER WAS RISING RAPIDLY...AND MAY BRIEFLY
FLOOD PARTS OF THE CITY OF SCRANTON BEFORE RECEDING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 4094 7620 4104 7624 4113 7624 4113 7628
4117 7630 4175 7515 4150 7520 4133 7546
4112 7563 4113 7568 4109 7576 4105 7576
4102 7573 4095 7587 4090 7604
For more information:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=BGM&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
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