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WGUS71 KBUF 141931

FFSBUF

NYC069-142115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

330 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 325 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

CANANDAIGUA.  HOUSES WERE SURROUNDED BY WATER ON GRAINGER STREET.  

ALSO...AN EARTHEN WALL COLLAPSED INTO A PARKING LOT.  ALTHOUGH THE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE FLOODING RAINS WERE MOVING EAST OF 

ONTARIO COUNTY...ANOTHER LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS HEADED 

TOWARD ONTARIO COUNTY FROM ALLEGANY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES.  

ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN MAY FALL BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM IN PARTS OF 

ONTARIO COUNTY.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...AND CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.  DO NOT 

GO NEAR STREAMS THAT ARE RUNNING HIGH OR FLOWING FAST.  STAY TUNED 

TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE 

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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



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