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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

850 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ON CAZENOVIA CREEK IN

  CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

  IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO



* UNTIL 500 AM EST



* AT 845 PM EST...A LARGE ICE JAM CONTINUES ALONG CAZENOVIA

  CREEK IN BUFFALO IN THE VICINITY OF CAZENOVIA PARK AND THE STEVENSON

  STREET BRIDGE.



THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN 

THESE AREAS UNTIL THE JAM BREAKS. AT 800 PM THE GAGE UPSTREAM AT 

EBENEZER WAS AT 8.99 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. THE CREEK CRESTED 

AT EBENEZER AT 10.90 FEET AT 7PM. THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED IN WEST 

SENECA.  



A 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 PROPERTY.



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