911
WGUS81 KBUF 131045
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
645 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
YORK...
ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN AFFECTING CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.
FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER...INCLUDING OLEAN, SALAMANCA...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.THIS EVENING AT 645 PM
EDT.
NYC009-132245-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240415T1912Z/
/OLNN6.1.ER.240413T1200Z.240414T1200Z.240415T1312Z.NO/
645 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE, FLOODING POSSIBLE ON UNION
STREET IN ALLEGANY AND EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE 1 TO 3 MILES UPSTREAM
OF OLEAN. SOME FARM LANDS ALONG THE RIVER ARE ALSO IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:15 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.69 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.3 FEET ON 02/19/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4200 7841 4205 7844 4208 7858 4218 7859
4210 7831 4200 7832
JM
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