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WGUS51 KBUF 312122
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NYC037-051-055-010015-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
522 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BATAVIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER   
  MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF FAR    
  SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. DOPPLER    
  RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 
  HOUR. ADDITIONAL LOCAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE      
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

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

$$

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