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WGUS81 KBUF 141636
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1236 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
YORK...
BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN 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 THIS EVENING BY 800 PM EDT.
NYC045-049-150000-
/O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260315T0000Z/
/ARTN6.1.ER.260313T0522Z.260314T0615Z.260314T2200Z.NO/
1236 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
AT WATERTOWN, THE RIVER CRESTED EARLIER THIS MORNING AND WILL
GRADUALLY LOWER THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
* 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 12:15 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.31 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:15 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 10.52 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.8 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- 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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