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WGUS71 KBUF 161917

FFSBUF

NYC121-161930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

316 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WYOMING COUNTY 

HAS EXPIRED...



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED OVER WYOMING COUNTY AT 315 PM.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WYOMING COUNTY...BUT THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY SOUTH AND SHOULD NOT AGGREVATE ANY 

FLOODING PROBLEM.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THE WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ON THE SCENE 

OF ROAD FLOODING ON ROUTE 19...SOUTH OF WYOMING.  NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL FROM ATTICA...ACROSS WYOMING...TO NEAR PERRY BETWEEN NOON AND 

230 PM.  MOST OF THIS FELL BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN IS STARTING TO DIMINISH...SOME ROADWAYS STILL 

MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE ANY WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.  REMAIN AWAY FROM STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY BE RUNNING 

HIGH AND FLOWING FAST.



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