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WGUS51 KBUF 100339

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NYC121-100730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1134 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VARYSBURG TO

  BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

  ATTICA.



THESE STORMS ARE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST WAS IN THE 

VARYSBURG AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WHEN THIS NEW ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH. IT SHOULD WEAKEN SOME 

BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4267 7845 4287 7845 4287 7824 4286 7797

      4273 7798



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