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NYC049-132100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

305 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6

  MILES NORTH OF INDIAN RIVER TO 10 MILES WEST OF INDIAN RIVER TO 6

  MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO 15 MILES EAST OF LOWVILLE...MOVING 

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND REFORMING ALONG THE EASTERN BANKS OF THE

  BLACK RIVER.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  CASTORLAND...CROGHAN AND INDIAN RIVER...AND ALSO ALONG NUMBER FOUR

  ROAD AND ERIE CANAL ROAD THROUGH 500 PM EDT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THE GREATEST RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH 300 PM RANGED FROM 

2 TO 2.5 INCHES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY OR THE HEAVY RAINS MAY HAVE WASHED THE ROAD OUT UNDER THE 

FLOWING WATER. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4409 7534 4391 7563 4379 7566 4366 7517

          4392 7461 4406 7510 4418 7506 4435 7477



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