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WGUS71 KBUF 090041

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

833 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005



NYC009-090145-

CATTARAUGUS NY-

833 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CATTARAUGUS

COUNTY...



AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO FORM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF 

OF THE COUNTY AND THEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST WITH RAINFALL 

RATES OF THREE QUARTERS TO AN INCH AN HOUR. RADAR INDICATES THREE 

HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF RANDOLPH AND THE 

SOUTHERN TIER EXPRESSWAY, AROUND CARR CORNERS, VOLLENTINE AND SOUTH 

VALLEY.



THREE HOUR RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1.75 TO 2 INCHES WERE NEAR 

ELLICOTTVILLE WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LITTLE VALLEY AND 

MOVING TOWARD 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.



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



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