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WGUS71 KBUF 301247

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

747 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008



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NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-

747 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR

NORTHWESTERN ERIE AND SOUTHWESTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...



AT 740 AM EST...CITY OF BUFFALO OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING IN THE FIRST WARD OF BUFFALO IN AREAS SUCH AS HAMBURG 

STREET. THE LEVEL ON LAKE ERIE HAS RISEN TO 10 FEET ABOVE LOW WATER 

DATUM AT AROUND 630 AM THIS MORNING. THIS HAS FORCED WATER TO BACK 

UP ALONG THE BUFFALO RIVER AND INTO THE FIRST WARD OF BUFFALO.



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.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND

ISLAND...TONAWANDA...NORTH TONAWANDA...NIAGARA FALLS...KENMORE AND 

BUFFALO



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 1242Z 180DEG 0KT 4280 7904



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