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WGUS71 KBUF 121810

FFSBUF

NYC045-121945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

159 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON

COUNTY...



AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND NATURAL BRIDGE AND WAS 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AT LESS THAN 3 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM IN 

THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE REGION BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND NATURAL 

BRIDGE WILL BE SUBJECT TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING THROUGH 345PM. IF YOU 

ARE TRAVELLING THROUGH THIS AREA...INCLUDING ROUTE 3...BE PREPARED 

TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



ANOTHER NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS 

DEVELOPED BETWEEN THERESA AND LAFARGEVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 2 

INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 



LAT...LON 4416 7564 4406 7584 4391 7576 4416 7553



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