Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1052 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 1047 PM EDT... SOME ROADS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DALLAS...
  HARVEYS LAKE...HAZLETON...NANTICOKE...NOXEN AND SHICKSHINNY.

SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS PERSIST OVER NORTHWEST LUZERNE AND WESTERN
WYOMING COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL REMAIN
HAZARDOUS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS AS SOME ROADS REMAIN FLOODED. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN
COULD EFFECT THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

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 4095 7622 4113 7624 4114 7629 4121 7633
      4135 7630 4164 7619 4160 7616 4156 7607
      4141 7591 4092 7596 4090 7602

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