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WGUS71 KBUF 122037

FFSBUF

NYC045-122145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

436 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON

COUNTY...



AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY ENOUGH RAIN TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF 

INTERSTATE 81 FROM THE TOWNS OF CLAYTON EASTWARD TO THERESA. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES THAT MORE THAN 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE MOST 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN AREAS.  THE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO SHOW 

SIGNS OF WEAKENING BUT THEY WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND ANOTHER INCH 

OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 545 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 4419 7603 4406 7581 4404 7559 4423 7554

      4434 7584



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