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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

539 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 530 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH

  OF LOWVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONFIRM THAT SOME AREAS NORTH

OF COPENHAGEN HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

BUFFALO.

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