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Flood Warning
Issued: 11:08 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of central New York, including the following counties, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Seneca and Yates. * WHEN...Until 115 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 707 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Thunderstorms will subside this evening and overnight, but persistent moderate to occasional heavy rain is expected. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Syracuse, Auburn, Baldwinsville, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Penn Yan, Cicero, Lysander, Pompey, Chittenango, Manlius, Romulus, Owasco, Sennett, Homer, Benton, Fleming, Otisco, Skaneateles and Liverpool. - https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. &&
Flood Warning
Issued: 11:03 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of central New York, including the following counties, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego and Sullivan. * WHEN...Until 100 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from current rainfall. It will take several hours for all the water to work through local drainage systems in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 700 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Areas of urban and small stream flooding are already occurring in the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Utica, Rome, Oneonta, Oneida, Norwich, Hamilton, Walton, Delhi, Camden, Boonville, Cooperstown, New Hartford, Deposit, Sullivan, Lenox, Lee, Verona, Westmoreland, Vienna and Chittenango. - https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. &&
Flood Watch
Issued: 8:59 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central New York, including the following areas, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca, Southern Cayuga, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Yates and northeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, Bradford and Susquehanna. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Thunderstorms develop this evening associated with an upper level low pressure system. These storms will be slow moving and could train over the same locations. The thunderstorms will transition to lingering moderate or locally heavy rain late tonight into Wednesday morning over the Finger Lakes and Syracuse area. - Visit https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood for more information. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
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