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Also some flooding 1 to 2 miles upstream. Serious flooding possible near Thatcher Brook in Gowanda and Sunset Bay near Lake Erie." }, { "stage": 12, "statement": "Moderate flood, residential flooding begins downstream of Gowanda, especially on the right bank. Flooding also possible at Sunset Bay on Lake Erie and along Thatcher Brook in Gowanda." }, { "stage": 10, "statement": "Flood stage, flooding along right bank a half mile to a mile downstream from Gowanda, mostly in industrial and commercial areas. Watch for developing problems along Thatcher Creek in Gowanda and at Sunset Bay at the mouth near Lake Erie." }, { "stage": 8, "statement": "Action stage, water begins to spill over right bank near the sewage disposal plant, about 1 mile downstream from Gowanda." } ] }, "images": { "probability": { "weekint": { "stage": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/GOWN6.SSTG.prob.weekint.gif", "flow": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/GOWN6.QINE.prob.weekint.gif", "volume": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/GOWN6.volume.prob.weekint.gif" }, "entperiod": { "stage": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/GOWN6.SSTG.exceed.90day.gif", "flow": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/GOWN6.QINE.exceed.90day.gif", "volume": "" }, "shortrange": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/short_term/GOWN6.shortrange.hefs.png" }, "hydrograph": { "default": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/hydrographs/gown6_hg.png", "floodcat": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/hydrographs/gown6_record.png" }, "photos": [] }, "dataAttribution": [ { "abbrev": "U.S. Geological Survey", "text": "USGS--Water Resources of the United States", "title": "U.S. Geological Survey", "url": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis" }, { "abbrev": "USGS", "text": "04213500", "title": "Observations courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey", "url": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory/?site_no=04213500" } ], "impactsLowWaters": [], "normalThreshold": { "value": 0, "units": "ft" }, "hydronotes": [ { "statement": "Impact statements listed below may not be representative during times of ice jam flooding.", "effective": "1201", "expiration": "0401" }, { "statement": "Gauge reading may be affected by ice. Forecast flows are unadjusted for ice.", "effective": "1201", "expiration": "0401" } ], "datums": { "vertical": { "value": [ { "label": "North American Vertical Datum of 1988", "abbrev": "NAVD88", "description": "A fixed reference for elevations determined by geodetic leveling. The datum was derived from a general adjustment of the first-order terrestrial leveling nets of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the adjustment, only the height of the primary tidal bench mark, referenced to the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 (IGLD 85) local mean sea level height value, at Father Point, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada was held fixed, thus providing minimum constraint. NAVD 88 and IGLD 85 are identical. However, NAVD 88 bench mark values are given in Helmert orthometric height units while IGLD 85 values are in dynamic heights. See International Great Lakes Datum of 1985, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, and geopotential difference. NAVD 88 should not be used as Mean Sea Level.", "value": 738.36 } ] }, "horizontal": { "value": [] }, "notes": { "value": [] } }, "inundation": { "enabled": false, "url": "", "zeroDatum": null, "downloads": null, "siteSpecificInfo": "", "dataAttribution": [] }, "upstreamLid": "", "downstreamLid": "", "inService": { "enabled": true, "message": "" }, "lowThreshold": null, "forecastReliability": "Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.", "TruncateObs": "-1", "TruncateFcst": "-1", "ObservedFloodCategory": "no_flooding", "ForecastFloodCategory": "no_flooding" }