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WGUS41 KBUF 020842
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
442 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...
BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE AFFECTING GENESEE AND MONROE COUNTIES.
FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON BY 445 PM EDT.
NYC037-055-022045-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260403T2100Z/
/CHRN6.2.ER.260402T0005Z.260402T1200Z.260403T1500Z.NO/
442 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD, WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL
FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING
BEGINS CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI AREA. POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.91 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:30 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 6.91 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.1
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.9 FEET ON 06/24/1989.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4306 7770 4306 7805 4313 7805 4313 7791
4312 7765
TMA
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