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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1120 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



NYC049-075-180500-

LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-

1120 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR OSWEGO AND

LEWIS COUNTIES...



AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN 

LEWIS COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES IN LESS THAN 

2 HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF OSWEGO COUNTY...ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY...THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS RECEIVED UP TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES 

IS LIKELY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CROSS THROUGH 1 AM. THIS ALSO MAY BE 

ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN HILLY AREAS SOUTH OF 

THE TUG HILL AND UPPER BLACK RIVER VALLEY.



REMEMBER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT IN 

DARKNESS.



LAT...LON 4328 7640 4354 7530 4372 7541 4378 7561



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