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WGUS41 KBUF 140338
FLWBUF

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1138 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

NYC055-141330-
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MONROE NY-
1138 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR IRONDEQUOIT CREEK AT ROCHESTER IN EAST CENTRAL 
MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT FRIDAY

* AT 1130 PM EDT THE CREEK WAS AT BANKFUL AND SLOWLY RISING. THE 
AREA MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IS ELLISON PARK AND WILL ALSO 
LIKELY IMPACT BLOSSOM ROAD.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4314 7750 4314 7754 4319 7754 4320 7752

$$

RSH






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