Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

May 23, 2004, 6:26 AM EDT (10:26 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 2004, 9:30 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

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000 
WGUS51 KBUF 231027
FFWBUF
NYC013-029-231330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
626 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 623 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25
  MILES WEST OF FREDONIA TO ANGOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  FARNHAM AT 635 AM EDT.
  DUNKIRK AT 640 AM EDT.
  NORTH COLLINS AT 645 AM EDT.
  COLDEN AT 650 AM EDT.
  FORESTVILLE AT 655 AM EDT.
  HOLLAND AT 700 AM EDT.
  COLLINS AT 705 AM EDT.
  EAST CONCORD AT 710 AM EDT.

EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP TO THREE QUARTERS INCH OF RAINFALL 
AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE 
ADDITIONAL STORMS.  

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4236 7934 4236 7954 4246 7940 4258 7916
          4265 7908 4270 7849 4254 7847 4247 7883
          4257 7906 4241 7907

$$

LEVAN

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 231110
FFSBUF
NYC013-029-231330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
709 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR ERIE AND
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 658 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIPLEY TO SINCLAIRVILLE AND 
CASADAGA.

A CALL TO CHAUTAQUA COUNTY SHERIFFS INDICATED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 
STREET FLOODING.

AS OF 705 AM THE HEAVIEST HOURLY RAIN RATES WERE OVER BROCKTON 
AND FORRESTVILLE.

LAT...LON 4236 7934 4236 7954 4246 7940 4258 7916
          4265 7908 4270 7849 4254 7847 4247 7883
          4257 7906 4241 7907

$$

SAGE

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 231202
FFSBUF
NYC013-029-231330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
802 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR CHAUTAUQUA 
COUNTY BUT IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ERIE COUNTY...

AS OF 755 AM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF ERIE COUNTY 
WITH NO SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED.  HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.  RADAR 
INDICATED 2 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS 
IN THE BROCKTON, FREDONIA AND CASSADAGA AREAS.  BASEMENT FLOODING 
HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FREDONIA AND SOME STREETS CLOSED IN DUNKIRK.  
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BUT FLOODING WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AWHILE.

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.

LAT...LON 4236 7934 4236 7954 4246 7940 4258 7916
          4265 7908 4270 7849 4254 7847 4247 7883
          4257 7906 4241 7907

$$

SAGE

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 231332
FFSBUF
NYC013-029-231330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
930 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 AM 
EDT...

THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF AREA THUS THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE. THERE MAY CONTINUE TO BE MINOR RUNOFF PROBLEMS FOR AWHILE 
THIS MORNING.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP LATER 
THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.


LAT...LON 4236 7934 4236 7954 4246 7940 4258 7916
          4265 7908 4270 7849 4254 7847 4247 7883
          4257 7906 4241 7907

$$

LEVAN

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