|
NWS: Flood Watch in Effect from 2 PM This Afternoon
Through 8 AM Wednesday
Published: May 06, 2025 at
11:15 a.m.
By: Weather Alert
from the National Weather Service
Flood Watch
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
1045 AM EDT Tue
May 6 2025
NYZ003>008-013-014-021-062245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FA.A.0004.250506T1800Z-250507T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe-Wayne-Northern
Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis-Livingston-
Ontario-Allegany-
Including the
cities of Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego,
Watertown,
Lowville, Geneseo, Canandaigua, and Wellsville
1045 AM EDT Tue
May 6 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flash
flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
*
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,
Livingston, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne.
* WHEN...From 2
PM EDT this afternoon through Wednesday morning.
*
IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and
flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL
DETAILS...
- Showers and thunderstorms will increase
in coverage this
afternoon and evening. Periods of heavy
rain may produce
amounts of 1 to 2 inches, with
localized heavier amounts
possible. This rainfall falling on already saturated grounds
will result in the potential for flash
flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
You should
monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood
Warnings be issued.
|
