Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Aug 9, 2003, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2003, 11:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, NY

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000 
WGUS51 KBUF 092345
FFWBUF
NYC003-100345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
740 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 735 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTH OF BOLIVAR ACROSS ANGELICA TO WEST OF
  CANASERAGA.

* A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO 
  MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND EARLIER TODAY HAVE SATURATED 
MUCH OF THE AREA.  FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THE RAINS CONTINUE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF 
YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES
DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4202 7828 4202 7805 4251 7785 4251 7817

$$

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 100116
FFSBUF
NYC003-100345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
915 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

AT 900 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY   
RAIN BETWEEN BELMONT AND SCIO.  RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 2 TO 3 
INCHES PER HOUR.  THE RAIN WAS PART OF A SERIES OF HEAVY RAIN STORMS 
WHICH WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS.  THE STORM SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST OF ANGELICA.  
HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN WELLSVILLE BY AROUND 10 PM FROM A 
STORM MOVING NORTH OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF
YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

$$


APB

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 100217
FFSBUF
NYC003-100345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1015 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

AT 1010 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
VERY HEAVY RAINS HAD DIMINISHED EXCEPT OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 
THE COUNTY NEAR WHITESVILLE...BUT MODERATE RAINS UP TO 1/2 INCH PER 
HOUR CONTINUED OVER MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAD THE HEAVY 
RAINS EARLIER.  WITH THE CONTINUING RAIN...FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW 
TO RECEDE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

$$

APB

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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