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WGUS71 KBUF 141840

FFSBUF

NYC069-142115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

240 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR ONTARIO

COUNTY...



AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR CLIFTON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT OVER CANANDAIGUA...MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  CANANDAIGUA...CLIFTON SPRINGS...AND PHELPS THROUGH 3 PM EDT.

  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 

TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AROUND CANANDAIGUA 

SINCE 145 PM.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS ON TOP OF HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL IN 

THAT AREA THURSDAY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH 

COULD OCCUR BETWEEN 240 PM AND 330 PM...BRINGING RAINFALL TOTALS FOR 

THE AFTERNOON TO OVER 3 INCHES IN SPOTS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4292 7740 4279 7723 4295 7698 4300 7738



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