Flash Flood Watch
Flood Watch National Weather Service Buffalo NY 505 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017 Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis-Wyoming- Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Watertown, Lowville, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Olean, Wellsville, Orchard Park, and Springville 505 AM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * 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...Livingston...Monroe...Ontario... Southern Erie...Wayne and Wyoming. * From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * A very moist airmass will move into western and central New York today with a potenial for training heavy thunderstorms from the western Southern Tier across the Genesee Valley and western Finger Lakes to the eastern Lake Ontario region. Two to three inches of rainfall or locally higher amounts within a hour or two could bring flash flooding from mid to late afternoon into this evening. * Urban areas and areas with steep terrain will be most vulnerable to flash flooding.
