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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1029 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NIAGARA FALLS, MEDINA, ROCHESTER,
BUFFALO, BATAVIA, WARSAW, GENESEO, JAMESTOWN, OLEAN, WELLSVILLE,
ORCHARD PARK, AND SPRINGVILLE
1029 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS, CHAUTAUQUA, GENESEE, LIVINGSTON,
MONROE, NIAGARA, NORTHERN ERIE, ORLEANS, SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING.
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SO FAR BETWEEN AN INCH AND INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AND UPPER GENESEE RIVER BASINS, WHICH
IS CAUSING RISES ON THESE RIVERS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN
IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY TODAY, WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS.
A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL IN THE BUFFALO CREEKS
AREA LAST NIGHT AND AROUND A HALF INCH IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING TODAY.
DEPENDING HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS, THIS WILL CAUSE RISES ON THESE
CREEKS, WITH A SMALL RISK OF GENERALLY MINOR FLOODING AS
THESE CREEKS RESPOND TO THE RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
- 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.
APFFEL
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