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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

606 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CLIFTON SPRINGS AND PHELPS AREA...WITH

  SLOW MOVEMENT OT THE SOUTHEAST.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE 4:30 PM...AND THAT RAINFALL RATES

OF MORE THAN INCH AN HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 5 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. 



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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