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WGUS71 KBUF 130219

FFSBUF

NYC009-130245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1019 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CATTARAUGUS 

COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



AT 1015 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORM THAT CAUSED THE HEAVY RAIN OVER CATTARAUGUS COUNTY HAD 

ENDED. IN ADDITION...A REPORT FROM THE ISCHUA FIRE DEPAERTMENT 

INDICATED THAT FLOOD WATERS WERE RECEDING ON AREA ROADWAYS. AS A 

RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY HAS BEEN 

DISCONTINUED AS OF 1015 PM.



EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANELLED...BE AWARE THAT STANDING 

WATER MAY STILL EXIST ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS IN POOR 

DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS OR CREEKS THAT ARE RUNNING 

HIGH.



STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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