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WUUS51 KBUF 202356
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-210115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0086.090820T2356Z-090821T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
756 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND TO 20 MILES WEST OF
  LAKE ERIE BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF PORT COLBORNE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNKIRK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NIAGARA FALLS AND LEWISTON BY 810 PM EDT...
  YOUNGSTOWN AND GRAND ISLAND BY 815 PM EDT...
  SANBORN AND LAKE ERIE BEACH BY 820 PM EDT...
  BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA BY 825 PM EDT...
  NORTH COLLINS BY 825 PM EDT...  
  PENDLETON BY 830 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4270 7905 4275 7892 4279 7887 4295 7893
      4297 7902 4301 7904 4307 7899 4309 7908
      4314 7905 4326 7907 4335 7871 4338 7846
      4288 7846 4287 7848 4270 7846 4255 7908
      4257 7913 4259 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 240DEG 38KT 4299 7917 4255 7945

$$

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