Flood Watch issued for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA.
  THE GREATEST FLOOD RISK IS IN THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF THESE
  COUNTIES WHERE THE GREATEST SNOWPACK EXISTS.

* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW MELT FROM THE RECENT SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENTS
  COMBINED WITH RAINFALL EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
  FOR FLOODING.

* SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING FROM SNOW
  MELT. THIS INCLUDES SOME OF THE CREEKS THAT FLOW THROUGH DUNKIRK
  AND SILVER CREEK. TOWNS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
  SNOW WILL ALSO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR URBAN FLOODING FROM THE SNOW
  MELT.

 

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