River Flood Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Apr 26, 2011, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 2011, 6:06 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Flood severity

Minor

County Erie County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer (EBZN6). The gauge peaked at 10.19 ft at Apr 26, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04215500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

905 
WGUS41 KBUF 260707
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
307 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...

  CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER
  CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS AND UPDATES.


&&

NYC029-261307-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0009.110426T0707Z-110426T1825Z/
/EBZN6.1.ER.110426T0655Z.110426T1200Z.110426T1225Z.UU/
307 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 3 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 10.3 FEET
  THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED
  IN LOW LYING AREAS EAST OF ORCHARD PARK ROAD AND SOUTH OF RIDGE 
  ROAD IN WEST SENECA. SOME INUNDATION OF CAZENOVIA PARK IN SOUTH 
  BUFFALO.

$$

NYC029-121-261307-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0010.110426T0840Z-110426T1832Z/
/LCSN6.1.ER.110426T0840Z.110426T1200Z.110426T1232Z.UU/
307 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 3 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY 
  THIS MORNING AND CREST NEAR 8.2 FEET THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$

SFM

074 
WGUS81 KBUF 261006
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
YORK...


  CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER
  CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS AND UPDATES.


&&

NYC029-261036-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110426T1825Z/
/EBZN6.1.ER.110426T0655Z.000000T0000Z.110426T0723Z.UU/
606 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER.
* AT 6 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED AT 10.3 FEET AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING AND 
  WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 5.2 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED
  IN LOW LYING AREAS EAST OF ORCHARD PARK ROAD AND SOUTH OF RIDGE 
  ROAD IN WEST SENECA. SOME INUNDATION OF CAZENOVIA PARK IN SOUTH 
  BUFFALO.

$$

NYC029-121-261036-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110426T1832Z/
/LCSN6.1.ER.110426T0712Z.110426T0815Z.110426T0900Z.UU/
606 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* AT 6 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED AT 8.2 FEET AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING AND 
  WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 5.5 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$
SFM

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.