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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

658 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 100 PM EST WEDNESDAY



* AT 656 AM EST...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE LAKE ERIE         

  SHORE...BUFFALO RIVER...AND THE NIAGARA RIVER DUE TO EXTREMELY 

  HIGH LAKE LEVELS.



  THE LEVEL AT THE BUFFALO GAGE ON LAKE ERIE HAS REACHED 10 FEET

  ABOVE LOW WATER DATUM AROUND 630 AM THIS MORNING. THIS IS A RISE

  OF 8.5 FEET SINCE MIDNIGHT. AT LEVELS SUCH AS THIS...FLOODING

  BECOMES A MAJOR CONCERN ALONG AREAS SUCH AS THE ERIE BASIN

  MARINA...FUHRMANN BOULEVARD...ROUTE 5 IN HAMBURG...AND ALSO ALONG

  RIVER ROAD AND CAYUGA ISLAND ALONG THE NIAGARA RIVER. ICE IS

  COMPLICATING THE SITUATION AS WELL.



  THE LAKE AND RIVER LEVELS SHOULD CREST THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO

  FALL BY MIDDAY...BUT PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD  

  TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND

  ISLAND...TONAWANDA...NORTH TONAWANDA...NIAGARA FALLS...            

  LACKAWANNA...AND BUFFALO



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4304 7884 4277 7882 4260 7908 4267 7910

      4270 7907 4280 7888 4294 7893 4299 7905

      4306 7902 4308 7908 4314 7898

TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 180DEG 0KT 4280 7904



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