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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

650 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...

  OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5

  MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ELLICOTTVILLE MOVING EAST

  TOWARD ISCHUA.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EXPRESSWAY FROM SALAMANCA TO THE

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY LINE AND JUST SOUTH OF RANDOLPH.



RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR 

SOUTH OF RANDOLPH AND 1 TO 1.25 INCHES AN HOUR NEAR ELLICOTTVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4227 7901 4202 7904 4200 7840 4234 7834



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