BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
924 PM 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...
SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT
* AT 915 PM 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
CARBONDALE... MOUNTAIN TOP... HAZLETON... NANTICOKE... SCRANTON...
AND WILKES BARRE.
A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
THROUGH 2 AM WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...
CREEKS... URBAN AREAS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
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 7620 4104 7624 4113 7624 4114 7629
4121 7633 4129 7632 4141 7627 4146 7586
4198 7548 4124 7549 4120 7556 4112 7563
4113 7568 4109 7576 4105 7576 4103 7573
4100 7574 4090 7602
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