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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

236 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 234 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM HENDERSON HARBOR TO BARNES CORNERS...OR FROM 18 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF WATERTOWN TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING

  NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER HENDERSON HARBOR AT 255 PM EDT

  4-8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERTOWN AT 330 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 4370 7621 4369 7606 4368 7585 4391 7574

          4403 7597 4388 7625



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