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WGUS41 KBUF 111815
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
215 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...
BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AFFECTING LEWIS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
FOR THE BLACK RIVER...INCLUDING WATERTOWN...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 LATE TONIGHT BY 300 AM EDT.
NYC045-049-120700-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0003.260312T0723Z-000000T0000Z/
/ARTN6.1.ER.260312T0723Z.260314T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
215 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE, FARMLAND FLOODING BEGINS IN
THE FLATS WITH SOME ROADS FLOODED. MINOR DAMAGES TO RIVERFRONT
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN DEXTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.29 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 11.4 FEET
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN RISE TO ANOTHER CREST
OF AT LEAST 11.5 FEET SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE
LATER THIS WEEKEND.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.5 FEET ON 03/19/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4392 7531 4374 7550 4397 7567 4392 7606
4405 7612 4408 7559
HITCHCOCK
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