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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

519 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 509 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF

  WELLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER ALFRED AT 555 PM EDT

  OVER WHITESVILLE AT 600 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 4252 7829 4203 7830 4202 7778 4247 7773

          4251 7787



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