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NWS: Flood Watch in Effect 1 PM Tuesday to 7 PM
Wednesday
Published: February 21, 2022
at 03:00 p.m.
By: Weather Alert from National Weather Service
Flood Watch
Flood Watch
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
146 PM EST Mon
Feb 21 2022
Flows on area
creeks and rivers are already running high from
recent rainfall.
Additional rainfall and snow melt during Tuesday
and Tuesday night
will cause flows to increase and may result in
flooding.
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Jefferson-Lewis-
Including the
cities of Watertown and Lowville
146 PM EST Mon
Feb 21 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding
caused by rain and snow melt is possible.
* WHERE...A
portion of central New York, including the following
counties, Jefferson
and Lewis.
* WHEN...From
Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.
* IMPACTS...A
combination of rain and snow melt will cause flows to
increase on the Black River and it`s tributaries late Tuesday
through Wednesday. Flows are already
high, and there are ice jams
in place on some waterways. This will
bring the risk of flooding
along the Black River and its tributaries
due to high flows or ice
jams.
* ADDITIONAL
DETAILS...
- Between an inch and an inch and a half
of rain is expected
Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday
night. This combined with
warm weather will result in snow melt,
with a deep and primed
snow pack in
place across the Black River basin. This will
cause rises on the Black River, Moose
River, Independence
River, Beaver River as well as other
tributaries. There is a
risk of flooding due to high flows or
ice jams.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
You should
monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those
living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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