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WGUS71 KBUF 312224
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
624 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

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GENESEE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-
624 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON AND GENESEE
COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 
FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BATAVIA AND OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT 
GENESEE COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. RAINFALL IS 
TAPERING OFF...HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ALLOW FLOODING TO 
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BYRON...LE
ROY...CHURCHVILLE...CALEDONIA AND BATAVIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4287 7846 4298 7846 4314 7782 4296 7776
      4287 7787

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