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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

144 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 315 PM EDT.



AT 141 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER THE NORTH PART OF 

WYOMING COUNTY BETWEEN ATTICA AND PERRY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOWED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS 

OF NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY BETWEEN NOON AND 130 PM.  THE WYOMING 

COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATED STREET FLOODING IN MIDDLEBURY JUST AFTER 

130 PM.



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. 



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



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