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NYC009-013-241230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

707 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR CATTARAUGUS

AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...



AT 705 AM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 

LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAGUS COUNTIES. 

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

OTTO...HINSDALE...FINDLEY LAKE...DUNKIRK...CLYMER...CHAUTAUQUA 

INSTITUTE...ASHFORD HOLLOW...ASHFORD...ALLEGANY PARK...WESTON 

MILLS...WESTFIELD...ST. BONAVENTURE...SALAMANCA...OLEAN...MAYVILLE...

LAKEWOOD...JAMESTOWN WEST...JAMESTOWN...FREWSBURG...FREDONIA... 

FALCONER AND ALLEGANY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL 

OVER THESE AREAS DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS 

RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.



THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA BY 9AM. 



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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.  IT 

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.





LAT...LON 4200 7975 4223 7976 4249 7936 4244 7891

          4252 7832 4205 7833 4200 7938



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