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WGUS71 KBUF 100116

FFSBUF

NYC003-100345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

915 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...



UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



AT 900 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY   

RAIN BETWEEN BELMONT AND SCIO.  RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES PER HOUR.  THE RAIN WAS PART OF A SERIES OF HEAVY RAIN STORMS 

WHICH WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS.  THE STORM SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST OF ANGELICA.  

HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN WELLSVILLE BY AROUND 10 PM FROM A 

STORM MOVING NORTH OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA.



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.



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