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The National Weather Service Office in Buffalo has issued the following SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
920 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-051830-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
920 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NEW YORK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL THEN RAPIDLY
EXPAND AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GENESEE
VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES REGION...THEN INTO THE EASTERN LAKE
ONTARIO REGION BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG TO DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

IF PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON...BE PREPARED FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER.

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