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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

327 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



AT 324 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF ASHFORD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF   

SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 

ALLEGANY STATE PARK WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH...WHILE WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT 

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.



WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER 

BOTH CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES AT LEAST THROUGH 5 PM.  

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD 

FALLEN BETWEEN 230 PM AND 330 PM JUST NORTHWEST OF LITTLE VALLEY.



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.



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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