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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
358 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES BOLIVAR AND THE CITY OF WELLSVILLE...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN  
  ALLEGANY COUNTY. DUAL POL DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY BEEN PRODUCED FOR SITES NEAR BOLIVAR.
  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST TO THE WELLSVILLE AND STANNARDS
  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 4200 7830 4217 7830 4218 7773 4200 7774

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