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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

429 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

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

  LANCASTER...LACKAWANNA...KENMORE...DEPEW...CHEEKTOWAGA...BUFFALO...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR DEPEW...AND MOVING    

  VERY SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED  

  TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG A LINE FROM BUFFALO TO CHEEKTOWAGA...   

  LANCASTER...DEPEW...AND MARILLA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2  

  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3   

  INCHES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4303 7847 4281 7849 4280 7887 4282 7887

      4282 7888 4285 7887 4291 7892 4294 7892

      4297 7894



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