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WGUS71 KBUF 292128

FFSBUF

NYC117-292200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

525 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WAYNE

COUNTY...



AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE RAIN 

HAD SUBSIDED...BUT LIGHT...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN IS IS LIKELY 

THROUGH 6 PM.  FLOOD WATERS SHOULD RECEDE SLOWLY. 

 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH ROSE 

AND WOLCOTT.



RADAR SHOWED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE 

SODUS CREEK...BLACK BROOK AND CLYDE RIVER BASINS. LESS THAN A TENTH 

OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE SHERIFF HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS 

WASHED OUT ALONG WITH MANY OCCURRENCES OF BASEMENT FLOODING AND 

STREET FLOODING.



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 4305 7710 4303 7676 4334 7673 4328 7710



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