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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

125 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST SENECA...LANCASTER...

  LACKAWANNA...HAMBURG...EAST AURORA...



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  ANOTHER BAND OF INTENSE LAKE EFFECT RAIN MOVING IN OFF LAKE ERIE   

  ACROSS CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY. THIS BAND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER 

  INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WHICH WILL FALL ACROSS AREAS WHICH HAVE       

  ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD    

  URBAN FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES MAY RESULT. THE AREAS OF HIGHEST  

  RISK WILL BE LANCASTER...WEST SENECA...AND DEPEW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4271 7904 4273 7898 4275 7896 4275 7892

      4279 7887 4287 7888 4293 7854 4265 7857

      4262 7909



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