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WGUS51 KBUF 030046
FFWBUF
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
846 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 846 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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, WELLSVILLE, ALLEGANY STATE PARK, ASHFORD,
ALLEGANY, FRANKLINVILLE, BELFAST, CUBA, RUSHFORD, WESTON MILLS, ST.
BONAVENTURE, HOUGHTON, CANEADEA, HINSDALE, FRIENDSHIP, GREAT
VALLEY, NEW ALBION, SCIO AND CARROLLTON.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 4205 7831 4205 7837 4207 7868 4212 7897
4227 7902 4235 7890 4241 7865 4245 7850
4247 7833 4244 7793 4226 7785 4209 7785
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
THOMAS
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