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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

853 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 AGGRAVATED THE 

SITUATION. AS OF 8 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. SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN 

CLOSED FOR THE DAY IN THE TOWN OF NEWARK DUE TO THE FLOODING.  NO 

ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED IN ONTARIO COUNTY.



WIDE SCALE RAINFALL WILL END ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING.  

LOOK FOR A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITUATION THROUGH EARLY 

AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND 

CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. STORMS SHOULD BE FASTER MOVING...BUT MULTIPLE 

THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING OVER THE SAME AREA COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 



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