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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

459 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 449 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM 5 MILES WEST OF ATTICA TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF

  WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER ATTICA AT 505 PM EDT

  OVER WARSAW AT 510 PM EDT



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4288 7839 4254 7815 4286 7796 4287 7816



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