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WGUS71 KBUF 231202

FFSBUF

NYC013-029-231330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

802 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR CHAUTAUQUA 

COUNTY BUT IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ERIE COUNTY...



AS OF 755 AM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF ERIE COUNTY 

WITH NO SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED.  HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN 

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.  RADAR 

INDICATED 2 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS 

IN THE BROCKTON, FREDONIA AND CASSADAGA AREAS.  BASEMENT FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FREDONIA AND SOME STREETS CLOSED IN DUNKIRK.  

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BUT FLOODING WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AWHILE.



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.



LAT...LON 4236 7934 4236 7954 4246 7940 4258 7916

          4265 7908 4270 7849 4254 7847 4247 7883

          4257 7906 4241 7907



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