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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

1219 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1216 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...

  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  3 MILES NORTH OF FALCONER AT 1250 AM 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BUFFALO.



LAT...LON 4214 7965 4203 7940 4216 7911 4236 7931



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