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WGUS81 KBUF 131653
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1253 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
YORK...
BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN AND DADVILLE AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND
LEWIS 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 330 AM EDT.
NYC045-049-140730-
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1253 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
BELOW DADVILLE, THE RIVER IS CRESTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
REMAINING IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. AT
WATERTOWN, THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.36 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:30 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 10.39 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.5
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING.
- 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
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