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WGUS71 KBUF 300932

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NYC069-117-301300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

521 AM EDT THU MAY 30 2002



TORRENTIAL RAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN WAYNE AND 

NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTIES CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING AND LOCAL ROAD 

CLOSURES. REPORTS FROM NEWARK INDICATED UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN 

LESS THAN TWO HOURS...WITH RADAR INDICATIONS OF UP TO SEVEN INCHES 

JUST A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK.



ADDITIONAL RAINS OVERNIGHT OF UP TO A HALF INCH HAVE AGGRAVATED THE 

SITUATION. AS OF 5 AM THIS MORNING...ROUTE 31 REMAINED CLOSED FROM 

THE VILLAGE OF NEWARK EAST TO BLUE CUT ROAD AND A NUMBER OF ROADS IN 

THE VILLAGE OF NEWARK ALSO REMAINED CLOSED. NO ROADS WERE REPORTED 

CLOSED IN ONTARIO COUNTY.



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT 

AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. LOOK FOR A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE 

SITUATION AS THE DAY WEARS ON. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO 

FRIDAY. STORMS SHOULD BE FAST MOVERS THOUGH...SO FUTURE 

RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH INTENSE...SHOULD BE OF BRIEF DURATION OVER THE 

NEXT TWO DAYS.



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