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WGUS51 KBUF 210950

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NYC013-211245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

545 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 845 AM EDT



* AT 544 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN

  WEST...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER...

  SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



RADAR SHOWS THAT CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE 

PENNSYLVANIA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.  

MORE RAIN IS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH WHICH COULD INCREASE RUNOFF.  

BROKENSTRAW CREEK AND BROWNELL BRANCH ARE IN THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4201 7939 4200 7975 4212 7976 4212 7928

          4212 7907 4200 7907 4200 7938



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