Flooding Now A Concern in Buffalo
After record breaking snowfall in and around Buffalo, the area is now bracing for flooding. With temperatures expected to be in the 60s today, many counties are under a flood warning from the National Weather Service.
ERIE...NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA...WYOMING...SOUTHERN GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
Snow Melt
-THERE REMAINS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER LOCKED UP IN THE REMAINING SNOW PACK AND THE RATE OF SNOW MELT WILL INTENSIFY WITH THE RISING TEMPERATURES SO THAT SIGNIFICANT MELTING OF THE WATER LADEN SNOW PACK WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING.
Be Prepared
-RESIDENTS NEAR CREEKS ARE URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING NOW...INCLUDING MOVING ITEMS FROM BASEMENTS.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF ICE JAMS FORCE WATER OVER RIVER BANKS AS MOVING WATER IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
Clogged Storm Drains
-SINCE MANY STORM DRAINS ARE SNOW CLOGGED...MANY URBAN AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER POSSIBLY
ACCUMULATING ON SOME STRETCHES OF ROAD. SOME RESIDENTIAL BASEMENTS WILL START TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
High Winds
-IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES...
POSSIBLY CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE SUMP PUMPS TO FAIL.
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
Track the creek levels at Weather.gov.
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