494  
WGUS41 KBUF 131455  
FLWBUF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY  
1055 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
 
NYC055-132100-  
/O.EXT.KBUF.FA.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240413T2100Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MONROE NY-  
1055 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, MONROE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM EDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS  
OCCURRING, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELLISON PARK AREA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1052 AM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING  
IS ONGOING, BUT WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON  
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.25 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.1 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ROCHESTER, IRONDEQUOIT, EAST ROCHESTER, BRIGHTON AND  
PENFIELD.  
- 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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4324 7752 4316 7751 4315 7751 4314 7748  
4312 7747 4311 7747 4309 7746 4309 7748  
4312 7749 4315 7753 4324 7755  
 

 
 
JJR  
 
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