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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

553 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 549 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOWANDA...

  OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF FREDONIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  PERRYSBURG AT 605 AM EDT...

  GOWANDA AT 610 AM EDT...

  CATTARAUGUS AT 615 AM EDT...

  OTTO AT 625 AM EDT...



THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING PRODUCED UP TO THREE QUARTERS 

INCH OF RAINFALL AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN INCH AN A HALF OF RAIN 

IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. 



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.



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.



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 4243 7904 4249 7898 4244 7891 4247 7871

          4252 7833 4233 7836 4232 7861 4230 7883

          4229 7904



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