BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
423 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
  NIAGARA COUNTY INCLUDING THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER IN WESTERN
  NEW YORK

* UNTIL 525 PM EDT

* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WELLAND ONTARIO...MOVING EAST 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND ISLAND AND THE TONAWANDAS BY 430 PM
  LOCKPORT AND CLARENCE BY 45O PM

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION FROM
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO
CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
DON'T ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

WCH/EGR