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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1220 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 1215 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO        

  INDICATE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF LEWIS COUNTY. SPOTTER REPORTS   

  AS OF 11 PM INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD      

  FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY...WITH UP TO 3.5 INCHES OVER THE    

  BLACK RIVER VALLEY.



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE COUNTY 

THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS HAD BEEN VERY DRY BEFORE THIS EVENT...BUT THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL BEGIN TO CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

SMALLER CREEKS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



REMEMBER...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. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.





MCLAUGHLIN

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