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WGUS51 KBUF 100343

FFWBUF

NYC003-100515-



FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1140 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT.



* AT 1140 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE

  RAIN MOVING NORTH FROM ANGELICA.  



VERY LIGHT RAIN WAS FROM WELLSVILLE SOUTH. ANOTHER 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH 

COULD FALL OVER PREVIOUSLY FLOODED AREAS...BEFORE THE MODERATE RAIN 

EXITS THE COUNTY AROUND 1230 AM. IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR THE FLOOD 

WATERS TO RECEDE. 



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.



LAT...LON 4205 7828 4202 7789 4243 7775 4251 7827



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