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WGUS41 KBUF 010216
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1016 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...
CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER AFFECTING ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
FOR THE CAYUGA CREEK...INCLUDING LANCASTER...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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING BY 1030 AM EDT.
NYC029-121-011430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0008.260401T0412Z-260401T2035Z/
/LCSN6.1.ER.260401T0412Z.260401T1200Z.260401T1434Z.UU/
1016 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE, MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.85 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 8.9 FEET TOMORROW
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.9 FEET ON 01/08/1998.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4287 7869 4287 7879 4290 7879 4293 7864
4292 7848 4281 7846
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