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WGUS41 KBUF 010229
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1029 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...
TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA AFFECTING ERIE, NIAGARA, GENESEE AND
WYOMING COUNTIES.
FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK...INCLUDING BATAVIA...MODERATE 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.
NYC029-037-063-121-011430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0011.260401T0815Z-260402T1514Z/
/BTVN6.2.ER.260401T0815Z.260401T1800Z.260402T0913Z.UU/
1029 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD, FLOODING ALONG WEST MAIN
STREET AND SOUTH MAIN STREET IN BATAVIA AND ALONG THE CREEK FROM
BATAVIA TO EAST PEMBROKE, EXTENDING TO THE TONAWANDA INDIAN
RESERVATION. FLOODING WILL MAINLY IMPACT ROADS, WITH SOME
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERICAL FLOODING POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.47 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 11.5 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.3 FEET ON 05/05/1976.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4299 7831 4305 7863 4315 7864 4315 7810
4293 7817 4293 7832
HITCHCOCK
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