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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1207 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013


NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-110015-
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NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...
CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
1207 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... 
  NORTHERN CAYUGA. IN WESTERN NEW YORK...ALLEGANY... 
  CATTARAUGUS...CHAUTAUQUA...GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...MONROE... 
  NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...ONTARIO...ORLEANS...SOUTHERN ERIE... 
  WAYNE AND WYOMING. 

* FROM 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* NUMEROUS WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS MUCH OF
  WESTERN NEW YORK FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS A
  FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED OVER THE REGION. TOTAL RAINFALL
  THROUGH FRIDAY OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF
  LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WITH EACH WAVE OF RAINFALL
  THAT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WILL BECOME
  MORE LIKELY BY FRIDAY DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF EACH WAVE
  OF RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES

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