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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1042 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2024
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LEWIS NY-
1042 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, LEWIS.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON EDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF THE BEAVER RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1038 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE BEAVER RIVER
HAS FALLEN TO 6.6 FEET AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AT 5.5 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS AT THE
CAMPGROUND ALONG THE RIVER. AT 6.0 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS IN
PORTIONS OF CROGHAN AND BEAVER FALLS. AT 6.5 FEET, HOUSES ON
THE ISLAND IN CROGHAN WILL FLOOD. RECORD FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0
FEET SET BACK 5/21/1969.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CROGHAN, KIRSCHNERVILLE, BEAVER FALLS AND BELFORT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4395 7527 4391 7525 4384 7546 4391 7550
TMA
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