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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

852 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHMARKET....MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...  

  NEAR HIGHMARKET AT 920 PM EDT



A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CROSSED THE AREA DURING THE LATE 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RADAR BASED ESTIMATES OF PRECIPITATION 

INDICATE SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RECIEVED AS MUCH AS TWO TO TWO AND 

A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE SAME REGIONS WITHIN THE NEXT 

HOUR. 



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES

DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4360 7576 4347 7575 4346 7562 4365 7534

          4381 7555



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