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Weather Updated: Feb 01 12:31PM
Issued by the National Weather Service
For Wyoming County, New York
FLOOD WATCH FROM 1AM EST MON UNTIL 1AM EST THU ...
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CATTARAUGUS... CHAUTAUQUA...GENESEE... NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...ORLEANS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING.
* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ON SOME AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. DUE TO THE RECENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IN WESTERN NY THIS PAST WEEK, LIQUID AMOUNTS IN THE SNOW PACK AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES. ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL DURING THE WATCH WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH.
* SNOW MELT AND WARMING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK WILL SOFTEN RIVER ICE. ICE JAM CONCERNS WOULD THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS FOR POTENTIAL ICE JAMS ARE THE BUFFALO CREEKS, CATTARAUGUS CREEK, AND THE UPPER ALLEGANY RIVER, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. 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.
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