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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
810 PM 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
810 PM 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...
- AN ADDITIONAL ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AND UPPER GENESEE RIVER BASINS
TONIGHT, WHICH MAY STILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING DEPENDING
ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE IN THE BUFFALO CREEKS AND ROCHESTER AREAS TONIGHT.
DEPENDING HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS, THIS WILL CAUSE RISES ON THESE
CREEKS, WITH A SMALL RISK OF GENERAL 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.
JM
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