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NPWBUF
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HIGH WIND WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
358 PM EST WED OCT 30 1996
 
...A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ERIE 
...GENESEE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...

WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR NIAGARA AND ORLEANS 
COUNTIES AND CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND THE 
WESTERN FINGER LAKES INCLUDING THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA.

WIND ADVISORIES ALSO CONTINUE IN EFFECT EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO FOR 
JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES.

THE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREAS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 
55 MPH. OVER THE ADVISORY AREAS THEY WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
OVER 45 MPH.

INTENSE LOW PRESSURE NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR PUSHED A COLD FRONT 
ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND 
OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. A STRONG PRESSURE 
GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS 
THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE WITH PEAK WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 69 
MPH WAS THE STRONGEST WIND REPORTED AND THAT WAS AT THE BUFFALO COAST 
GUARD STATION. A 60 FOOT SECTION OF A BARN ROOF AT BUFFALO RACEWAY 
WAS TORN OFF AROUND MIDDAY.

THE STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT RISE OF THE 
LEVEL OF THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ERIE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 
FLOODING AND EROSION...PROBABLY THE WORST IN A FEW YEARS.

IF YOU WILL BE OUT TRAVELLING THIS EVENING WATCH FOR DOWNED TREE 
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. BE CAREFUL DRIVING ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN A 
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING.

SAGE