THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS, CHAUTAUQUA, GENESEE, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, NIAGARA, NORTHERN ERIE, ONTARIO, ORLEANS, SOUTHERN ERIE, WAYNE AND WYOMING.
FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS WHERE HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS THE LONGEST.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS REACH 2 INCHES FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS.
