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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

822 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT 821 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER THE 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF LEWIS COUNTY. MANY SMALL CREEKS WERE 

OVER THEIR BANKS AND OVER A FOOT OF WATER INUNDATED SEVERAL ROADS. 



SPOTTERS REPORTED AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE YESTERDAY 

AFTERNOON. RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF 

TODAY...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS TRIBUTARIES RECEIVE MORE 

RUNOFF FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



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