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WGUS71 KBUF 100356

FFSBUF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1148 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



NYC029-100600-

ERIE NY-

1148 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR ERIE

COUNTY...



AT 1145 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  FLASH 

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ORCHARD PARK AREA. THE EAST 

BRANCH OF SMOKES CREEK HAD GONE OVER ITS BANK AROUND 1145 PM WITH 

ELLICOTT ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN ROUTE 277 AND SOUTH FREEMAN. FLOODING 

OF OTHER ROADS IN THE ORCHARD PARK AREA OCCURRED AROUND 1115 PM. 

MORE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHTOWNS AREA 

AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM.



RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4293 7890 4257 7891 4258 7850 4278 7850

      4297 7848



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