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WGUS71 KBUF 070740
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
340 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2023
NYC049-071030-
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LEWIS NY-
340 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 340 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS
THE AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A NARROW
BAND FROM LEWIS TO PORT LEYDEN AND GREIG. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LYONSDALE, GREIG, PORT LEYDEN, LYONS FALLS, CONSTABLEVILLE, TURIN,
BRANTINGHAM, SPERRYVILLE, TALCOTTVILLE, MOHAWK HILL AND WEST
LEYDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4362 7547 4384 7526 4394 7515 4361 7511
4342 7553 4343 7560
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
HITCHCOCK
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