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WGUS51 KBUF 080321

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NYC013-080615-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1121 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NORTHWEST OF CLYMER ALONG     

  PORTIONS OF FRENCH CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES DURING THE LAST TWO   

  HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THIS AREA UNTIL 1 AM    

  WHICH MAY DROP ANOTHER INCH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

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

THIS AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4213 7959 4199 7955 4199 7961 4200 7962

      4199 7975 4213 7977



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