BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM
EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN NEW YORK

   ...ERIE COUNTY

AND THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES...

AT 445 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
NIAGARA PENINSULA NEAR NIAGARA FALLS AND WELLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BUFFALO
METROPOLITAN AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM 445 TO 545 PM.

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.

MCLAUGHLIN