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WGUS71 KBUF 100217

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NYC003-100345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1015 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...



UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



AT 1010 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINS HAD DIMINISHED EXCEPT OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 

THE COUNTY NEAR WHITESVILLE...BUT MODERATE RAINS UP TO 1/2 INCH PER 

HOUR CONTINUED OVER MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAD THE HEAVY 

RAINS EARLIER.  WITH THE CONTINUING RAIN...FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW 

TO RECEDE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

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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