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WGUS51 KBUF 042305
FFWBUF
NYC003-050200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0008.120904T2305Z-120905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
705 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUAL-POL DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM TRAINING HEAVY STORMS OVER THE WARNED 
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4251 7785 4247 7785 4244 7784
      4228 7784 4228 7831

$$

SMITH





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