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NWS: Flood Watch in Effect 10 AM Sunday Through 2 AM
Monday
Published: August 02, 2026
at 08:00 a.m.
By: Weather Alert
from National Weather Service
Flood Watch
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
226 AM EDT Sun
Aug 2 2026
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-021800-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
226 AM EDT Sun
Aug 2 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
* 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,
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee,
Livingston, Monroe, Niagara,
Northern Erie, Ontario, Orleans, Southern
Erie, Wayne and Wyoming.
* WHEN...From 10
AM EDT this morning through late tonight.
*
IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and
flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and
urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL
DETAILS...
- Scattered to numerous heavy showers and
thunderstorms are
expected today and tonight. Locally
heavy rainfall is
possible with rainfall rates near, or
exceeding 2 inches per
hour at times. Repeated rounds of heavy
rain over any given
location could result in 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.
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TMA
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