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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

309 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



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ERIE NY-

309 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY...



AT 305 PM EDT...SHOWERS CONTINUED MOVING OVER THE AREA. THE ACTIVITY 

HAD WEAKENED IN THE PAST HOUR...BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR 

INDICATIONS ARE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 AM 

THIS MORNING IN THE WARNED AREA SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELMA...WEST 

SENECA...DEPEW...AND LANCASTER.



REMEMBER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4271 7904 4273 7898 4275 7896 4275 7892

      4279 7887 4287 7888 4293 7854 4265 7857

      4262 7909



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