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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1123 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2026
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ORLEANS NY-
1123 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWN OF MEDINA AND
BARRE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1119 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. CONTINUED RUN OFF FROM
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL WITH POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING CONTINUING
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEDINA, ALBION, RIDGEWAY, SHELBY, GAINES, KNOWLESVILLE, MILLVILLE
AND BARRE CENTER.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4313 7843 4313 7846 4329 7846 4329 7810
4313 7810 4313 7817
THOMAS
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