URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
916 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019
NYZ013-014-021-011000-
/O.CON.KBUF.HW.W.0004.191101T0400Z-191101T1700Z/
Livingston-Ontario-Allegany-
Including the cities of Geneseo, Canandaigua, and Wellsville
916 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Livingston, Ontario, and Allegany counties.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 1 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will bring down some trees and power
lines. Scattered power outages are expected. Travel will be
difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
The Wellsville Airport clocked a peak wind gust of 40 mph Thursday evening. Heavy rains have also brought the Genesee River at Wellsville to near minor flood stage. At midnight, the river level at Wellsville was over 10 feet.
The Wellsville (V) WWTP NY0020621, NY0020621 is issuing this notification.
Discharge location: 152 Bolivar Road Waste Water Treatment Plant, Wellsville, NY
Location details:
Waterbody affected: Genesee River
Discharge description: Partially treated sewage.
Potentially impacted public areas: Unknown - River
Discharge date and time: 10-31-2019 at 05:15:00
Discharge duration: 45 minutes
Discharge reason: Weather Conditions - High Water event caused sewage pump to shut down
Steps taken to contain discharge: Only way to contain discharge was to restart sewage pump
Volume/rate of discharge: 30,000 Gallons Estimated
Treated state of discharge: Partially Treated without Disinfection
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At 1 a.m. National Grid said 39 customers were without power in New Hudson. NYSEG reported 21 customers without power on Irish Settlement Road in Belmont/Ward. RG&E reports 67 customers without power in Angelica, Belfast, Hume, Clarksville, Genesee and Allen.
