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WGUS51 KBUF 100556

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NYC029-100900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

153 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMHERST...

  WILLIAMSVILLE...TONAWANDA...SLOAN...LANCASTER...KENMORE...HARRIS

  HILL...DEPEW...CHEEKTOWAGA...BUFFALO...ALDEN AND AKRON.



HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING 

DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY OVER NORTHERN 

ERIE COUNTY AND WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE 

BEFORE ENDING BY 5 AM.



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 4300 7900 4279 7887 4280 7849 4307 7847

      4307 7872



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