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000 

WGUS71 KBUF 301534

FFSBUF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1030 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008



NYC029-063-301800-

/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-

1030 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 1030 AM EST...CITY OF BUFFALO OFFICIALS ARE CONTINUING TO REPORT 

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

STREET. THE LEVEL ON LAKE ERIE HAS DROPPED TO 8 FEET AS OF 930 AM 

AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL. FLOOD LEVEL IS 8 FEET. THE LAKE 

LEVEL PEAKED AT 10.5 FEET AT 6 AM THIS MORNING. LINGERING FLOODING 

IS CONTINUING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA RIVER IN GRAND ISLAND, 

ANOTHER AREA THAT IS THREATENED FOR FLOODING IS CAYUGA ISLAND.  

FLOODING IS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HOOVER BEACH AREA. 



ICE IS COMPLICATING THE SITUATION AS WELL AS THE STRONG WINDS CAN 

TAKE THE ICE OVER THE ICE BOOM AT THE EASTERN END OF THE LAKE.



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.

  

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 1509Z 180DEG 0KT 4280 7904



$$



JJP

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000 

WGUS71 KBUF 301534

FFSBUF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1030 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008



NYC029-063-301800-

/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T1800Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-

1030 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 1030 AM EST...CITY OF BUFFALO OFFICIALS ARE CONTINUING TO REPORT 

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

STREET. THE LEVEL ON LAKE ERIE HAS DROPPED TO 8 FEET AS OF 930 AM 

AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL. FLOOD LEVEL IS 8 FEET. THE LAKE 

LEVEL PEAKED AT 10.5 FEET AT 6 AM THIS MORNING. LINGERING FLOODING 

IS CONTINUING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA RIVER IN GRAND ISLAND, 

ANOTHER AREA THAT IS THREATENED FOR FLOODING IS CAYUGA ISLAND.  

FLOODING IS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HOOVER BEACH AREA. 



ICE IS COMPLICATING THE SITUATION AS WELL AS THE STRONG WINDS CAN 

TAKE THE ICE OVER THE ICE BOOM AT THE EASTERN END OF THE LAKE.



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.

  

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 1509Z 180DEG 0KT 4280 7904



$$



JJP

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