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WGUS81 KBUF 130546
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
146 AM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
YORK...
BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AFFECTING LEWIS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
FOR THE BLACK RIVER...INCLUDING BOONVILLE, 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 BY THIS AFTERNOON BY 315 PM EDT.
NYC045-049-131915-
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146 AM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* 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 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.86 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.2
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.1 FEET ON 03/29/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4392 7531 4374 7550 4397 7567 4392 7606
4405 7612 4408 7559
HSK
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