FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVING INTO THE BUFFALO METRO AREA...

Special Weather StatementNYZ001-010-251530-NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO958 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2011...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVING INTO THE BUFFALOMETRO AREA...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS MOVING INTO THEBUFFALO AREA. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROMLOCKPORT...TO BUFFALO...TO LONG POINT ONTARIO. IN ADDITION TO THELIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...IMMEDIATELY GOINSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKESEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM...SO WAIT 30 MINUTES FROMTHE LAST TIME LIGHTNING WAS SEEN OR THUNDER HEARD BEFORE GOINGOUTDOORS.