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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

416 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...



  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



UNTIL 430 PM EDT.



AT 410 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF 

LOWVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN.  IN 

ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER JEFFERSON 

COUNTY BETWEEN WATERTOWN AND ADAMS.  THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY...AND HAD BEGUN TO SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING BETWEEN 

4 AND 415 PM.



REPORTS FROM THE LEWIS COUNTY SHERIFF WERE THAT THERE WAS A ROAD 

WASHOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NUMBER 4 ROAD AND ERIE CANAL ROAD.   



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES

DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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