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WGUS41 KALY 011250
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
850 AM EDT WED APR 1 2026
NYC043-021145-
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HERKIMER NY-
850 AM EDT WED APR 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY THE WEST CANADA CREEK OVER TOPPING ITS
BANKS.
* WHERE...ALONG THE WEST CANADA CREEK IN HERKIMER COUNTY BETWEEN
MIDDLEVILLE AND POLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE WEST CANADA CREEK CONTINUES TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS OFF ROUTE 28 ARE
INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 840 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THE WEST CANADA
CREEK RISING AND OVER TOPPING ITS BANKS. THIS HAS LED TO
FLOODING OF STREETS AND SIDE ROADS OFF OF ROUTE 28. THE WEST
CANADA CREEK WILL CREST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN IN
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IT IS
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWPORT, MIDDLEVILLE, POLAND AND OLD CITY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 4316 7500 4316 7501 4316 7502 4317 7502
4319 7503 4321 7505 4322 7507 4323 7506
4321 7504 4320 7502 4319 7501 4317 7501
4316 7498 4314 7497 4314 7498
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