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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

148 AM EST WED APR 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 600 AM EST



* AT 150 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

  AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

  THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS BACK INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BUT IS

  GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

QUARTER TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF

YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4224 7972 4204 7970 4208 7910 4255 7910

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