Severe Thunderstorms this Afternoon, Evening Created by Cold Front

Weather Updated: May 01 7:28AM

Issued by the National Weather Service

For Wyoming County, New York

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 12:30PM EDT MON ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS...THE TIME OF CONCERN WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE. THIS FRONT WILL GENERATE A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS THAT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE DANGEROUSLY FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...BUT CLOUD COVER FROM THIS MORNINGS SHOWER ACTIVITY COULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR THE LATE DAY STORMS. SIMPLY PUT...THE MORE SUN WE RECEIVE TODAY...THE GREATER THE THREAT. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES...BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM FOR THE FINGER LAKES REGION...AND BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM FOR THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. ALONG WITH THE RISK FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...THERE WILL BE HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR FLOODING DUE TO SLOW MOVING DOWNPOURS AND VERY WET EXISTING CONDITIONS.

UPDATED 5:30 PM -- We appeared to have little to no sunshine throughout the day, thereby starving the storms of much of their energy.