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MorningSong
29th September 2011, 02:39
URGENT!



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WGUS51 KBGM 282341
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PAC079-131-290230-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
741 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE ON THE TWIN LAKES DAM...
NORTH CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* AT 735 PM EDT...THE FAILURE OF TWIN LAKES DAM ALONG BOWMENS CREEK
WAS REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCHERS.

* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS HARVEYS LAKE. IF YOU ARE IN THE LOW
LYING AREAS BELOW THE TWIN LAKES DAM YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. FOLLOW EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

THIS DAM FAILURE MAY ALSO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY OF NOXEN IN SOUTHERN
WYOMING COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BOWMENS CREEK FROM TWIN LAKES DAM TO
HARVEYS LAKE.


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