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NWS: Flood Watch in Effect Tuesday Afternoon Through
Thursday Afternoon
Published: March 03, 2025 at
09:00 a.m.
By: Weather Alert
from the National Weather Service
Flood Watch
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
306 AM EST Mon
Mar 3 2025
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Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern
Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
Lewis-Northern
Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Southern
Erie-
Including the
cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven,
Oswego, Watertown, Lowville, Buffalo, Batavia,
Warsaw, Geneseo,
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Olean, Wellsville,
Orchard Park, and
Springville
306 AM EST Mon
Mar 3 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding
caused by significant snowmelt and a general half inch of rainfall.
*
WHERE...Portions of central and western New York, including the following
counties, in central New York, Jefferson, Lewis, Northern Cayuga and
Oswego. In western New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee,
Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Northern Erie, Ontario, Orleans, Southern
Erie, Wayne and Wyoming.
* WHEN...From
Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.
*
IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks,
streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams
may rise out of their banks. The most prone areas for flooding will be
where ice jams typically develop.
* ADDITIONAL
DETAILS...An intense storm system moving from the central plains across the
central Great Lakes will send a surge of Spring like warmth across our
region Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures will soar into the 50s over the
western counties on Tuesday with the mercury remaining well above freezing
Tuesday night. Temperatures will then climb well into the 50s for the bulk of
the region on Wednesday while being accompanied by a general half inch of
rainfall. The fast melt off of the regions
snowpack will combine with this rainfall to cause significant rises to area
tributaries with flooding becoming possible. Flooding concerns will be
particularly elevated in areas where tributaries are prone to ice jam
flooding.
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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