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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

455 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005



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ALLEGANY NY-

455 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ALLEGANY

COUNTY...



AT 425 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED BASEMENT 

FLOODING IN FILLMORE IN NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE FILLMORE AREA BUT FLOODING IS 

STILL OCCURRING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN ALLEGANY 

COUNTY WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE 

STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 540 PM. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4241 7829 4241 7812 4253 7812 4251 7829



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