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NWS: Flood WARNING for the Black River at Watertown
in Effect Late Thursday Night Through Saturday Morning
Published: April 02, 2026 at
01:20 p.m.
By: Weather Alert
from National Weather Service
Flood Warning
Flood Warning
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
111 PM EDT Thu
Apr 2 2026
...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 late tonight by 515 AM EDT.
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111 PM EDT Thu
Apr 2 2026
...FLOOD WARNING
IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor
flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Black
River at Watertown.
* WHEN...From
late tonight to Saturday morning.
* 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 12:30 PM EDT Thursday the stage was
9.24 feet and rising.
- Bankfull
stage is 8.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to
rise above flood stage
around 11 PM tonight to a crest of 10.6
feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below
flood stage early Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to
a previous crest of
10.6 feet on 12/20/2023.
- 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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