SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NYC029-240145-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
914 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SLOAN...
  LANCASTER...
  ELMA...
  ALDEN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR ERIE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE
A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE
PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON`T BE CAUGHT
ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!