BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
153 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
EASTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT
* AT 146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA...
CARBONDALE...CLARKS SUMMIT...DICKSON CITY... MOUNTAIN TOP...
MOSCOW... PITTSTON...SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE.
A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4 AM.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM WILL RANGE MOSTLY FROM HALF
AN INCH TO 1 INCH... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE RAINS WILL
COMBINE WITH VERY WET CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM SEVERAL WEEKS OF
HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS... CREEKS... AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
LAT...LON 4142 7586 4143 7583 4150 7577 4153 7580
4163 7574 4164 7572 4164 7530 4137 7533
4137 7535 4133 7533 4124 7535 4122 7554
4112 7563 4113 7568 4109 7576 4105 7576
4101 7573 4093 7595
For more information:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=BGM&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
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