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WGUS71 KBUF 281432
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1032 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
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ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
1032 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGANY AND SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTIES...
AT 1032 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING, WHERE
BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
OLEAN, SALAMANCA, ALLEGANY STATE PARK, ALLEGANY, ST. BONAVENTURE,
WESTON MILLS, HINSDALE, CARROLLTON, PORTVILLE, VANDALIA, KNAPP
CREEK, ROCK CITY PARK, LIMESTONE, KILL BUCK, HASKELL FLATS, CERES,
LITTLE GENESEE AND ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 4200 7834 4200 7851 4200 7855 4200 7860
4200 7865 4200 7895 4206 7895 4206 7893
4221 7862 4217 7830 4200 7812 4200 7814
4200 7815 4200 7827 4200 7830 4200 7831
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
THOMAS
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