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WGUS41 KBUF 010305
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1105 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...
CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER AFFECTING ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
FOR THE CAYUGA CREEK...INCLUDING LANCASTER...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING BY 1115 AM EDT.
NYC029-121-011515-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0008.260401T0305Z-260401T2127Z/
/LCSN6.2.ER.260401T0138Z.260401T0600Z.260401T1527Z.UU/
1105 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD, FLOODING OF BACKYARDS,
BASEMENTS AND STREETS IN VILLAGE OF LANCASTER. SOME FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS IN ALDEN, MARILLA, AND CHEEKTOWAGA, ESPECIALLY
NEAR BOWEN ROAD AND TRANSIT ROAD. SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE NEAR
UNION ROAD TOO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.84 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:30 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 8.84 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.2
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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
10.1 FEET ON 06/23/1972.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4287 7869 4287 7879 4290 7879 4293 7864
4292 7848 4281 7846
HITCHCOCK
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