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PNSBGM
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
422 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY, MAY 31ST 1998, CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST 
PENNSYLVANIA ENDURED ONE OF ITS WORST SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS EVER. 
OVER A DOZEN TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH THE REGION WITH THREE 
PRODUCING ENOUGH DAMAGE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS F3. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE 
WAS PRODUCED BY STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND BASEBALL SIZED 
HAIL.

THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES DURING TIMES OF 
SEVERE WEATHER IS TO BUY A NOAA WEATHER RADIO. A NOAA WEATHER RADIO 
WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION WHEN YOU NEED 
IT MOST. SOME MODELS EVEN COME WITH A SPECIAL TONE ALARM FEATURE 
THAT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED WHENEVER A WARNING IS ISSUED BY 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PORTABLE MODELS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO 
TAKE ALONG WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAY 31, 1998 SEVERE WEATHER 
OUTBREAK OR ABOUT NOAA WEATHER RADIO, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT 
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM

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