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NYC029-100600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1054 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1052 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELMA

  CENTER TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WALES CENTER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM EAST AURORA TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST

  AT 5 MPH.



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

  EAST AURORA...HAMBURG...LANCASTER...ELMA AND MARILLA.



RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4293 7890 4257 7891 4258 7850 4278 7850

      4297 7848



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