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WGUS71 KBUF 131950

FFSBUF

NYC049-132100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

350 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR LEWIS

COUNTY...



AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIAN

RIVER TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO LOWVILLE TO 13 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF LOWVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND ALSO 

REFORMING ALONG THE BLACK RIVER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LOWVILLE...CROGHAN...CASTORLAND AND INDIAN RIVER.



ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SOME SINCE 300 PM...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED 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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