BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
421 PM EST THU JAN 23 1997

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE
JAM FLOODING FOR PEOPLE ALONG MUDDY CREEK IN THE TOWN OF EVANS AND
ALONG CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR CAZENOVIA PARK FOR TONIGHT...

ICE JAM FLOODING STILL CONTINUES ALONG CAZENOVIA CREEK IN CAZENOVIA
PARK IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND AT THE MOUTH OF MUDDY CREEK IN THE
LAKE ERIE BEACH AREA OF THE TOWN OF EVANS.

ALONG CAZENOVIA CREEK...THERE WERE SEVERAL EVACUATIONS EARLIER TODAY
ALONG POTTERS ROAD AND WOODSIDE AVENUE IN CAZENOVIA PARK. THE ICE JAM
ON CAZENOVIA CREEK STILL EXTENDS FROM THE BRIDGE ON ORCHARD PARK ROAD
NEAR SENECA STREET AND HARLEM ROAD...DOWNSTREAM SEVERAL MILES INTO
THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT OVERNIGHT.
FURTHER UPSTREAM THE CREEK IS RUNNING OPEN. THE LEVEL OF THE WATER IN
CAZENOVIA PARK HAS GONE DOWN A BIT SINCE THIS MORNING.

ALONG MUDDY CREEK...ABOUT 2 DOZEN HOMES ARE STILL SURROUNDED BY WATER
IN THE LAKE ERIE BEACH AREA IN THE TOWN OF EVANS. THERE WERE SOME
EVACUATIONS EARLIER TODAY ALONG POINT BREEZE DRIVE AND COURT STREET
AREAS. THE WATER LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN SOME IN THE DAWN AVENUE AREA.
THE ICE JAM IS STILL IN PLACE AT THE MOUTH OF MUDDY CREEK AND EXTENDS
UPSTREAM ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 10 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE TONIGHT WILL CUT OFF ANY
ADDITIONAL SNOWMELT RUNOFF INTO FRIDAY. MORE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT
WHICH WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CREATE
MORE RUNOFF AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10PM TONIGHT.

PACE