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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

240 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



UNTIL 600 PM EDT



AT 234 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN OVER CHERRY CREEK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN.  

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT ONLY

5 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN LIKELY 

HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA AROUND CHERRY CREEK BETWEEN 2 PM AND 230 PM.



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.



COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.  TO REPORT 

FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO.



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