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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

255 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



NYC055-073-121945-

MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-

255 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR

ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTIES...



AT 245 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ROCHESTER...KENDALL...WEBSTER...SPENCERPORT... IRONDEQUOIT... 

HOLLEY...HILTON...GREECE...GATES...AND BROCKPORT.



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.



THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD SUBSIDE IN THE NEXT HOUR.



IN MONROE COUNTY A PART OF INTERSTATE 390 WAS CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING, AND MANY INTERSECTIONS WERE FLOODED.  SOME CARS WERE 

STALLED IN HIGH WATER.



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.



LAT...LON 4335 7778 4324 7758 4324 7749 4328 7741

      4304 7738 4304 7747 4299 7749 4300 7783

      4307 7792 4314 7792 4314 7808 4319 7829

      4338 7833



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