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WGUS41 KBUF 010230
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1030 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...
OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT AFFECTING MONROE AND GENESEE COUNTIES.
FOR THE OATKA CREEK...INCLUDING GARBUTT...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 WEDNESDAY MORNING BY 1030 AM EDT.
NYC037-055-011430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0012.260401T1200Z-260402T1200Z/
/GRBN6.1.ER.260401T1200Z.260401T1800Z.260402T0600Z.UU/
1030 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE, GENERAL FLOODING OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS, SOME BASEMENT FLOODING IN SCOTTSVILLE
AND GARBUTT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.09 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 6.3 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.2 FEET ON 02/19/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4304 7771 4299 7771 4299 7794 4297 7798
4297 7802 4302 7798
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