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WGUS81 KBUF 140224
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1024 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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...
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY MORNING AT 1030 AM EDT.
NYC009-141430-
/O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240415T0900Z/
/OLNN6.1.ER.240413T2031Z.240414T1200Z.240415T0300Z.NO/
1024 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* 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 10:01 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.16 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:01 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 12.17 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.3
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4200 7841 4205 7844 4208 7858 4218 7859
4210 7831 4200 7832
SJW
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