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NWS: Flood Warning for the Black River in Effect
Until 6 PM
Published: March 22, 2022 at
07:30 a.m.
By: Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
Flood Warning
Flood Warning
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
557 AM EDT Tue
Mar 22 2022
...The National
Weather Service in Buffalo NY has issued a Flood
Warning for the
following rivers in New York...
Black River At
Watertown affecting Lewis and Jefferson Counties.
For the Black
River...including Watertown...Minor flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
Turn around,
don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in
vehicles.
Additional
information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next
statement will be issued this evening at 600 PM EDT.
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557 AM EDT Tue
Mar 22 2022
...FLOOD WARNING
IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor
flooding is occurring and minor flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Black
River At Watertown.
* WHEN...From
early this morning to this evening.
* IMPACTS...At
10.0 feet, Flood stage, farmland flooding begins in
the Flats with some roads flooded. Minor
damages to riverfront
commercial properties in Dexter.
* ADDITIONAL
DETAILS...
- At 5:30 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was
10.1 feet and rising.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river
stage in the 24 hours
ending at 5:30 AM EDT Tuesday was 10.1
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to
rise to a crest of 10.2
feet this morning. It will then fall
below flood stage this
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to
a previous crest of
10.1 feet on 03/29/2021.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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LAT...LON 4392 7531 4374 7550 4397 7567 4392 7606
4405 7612 4408 7559
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