May 6, 2025
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Madison-Cortland-Chenango-Tioga-Broome-Bradford-Susquehanna-Including the cities of Binghamton, Towanda, Waverly, Sayre, Watkins Glen, Hamilton, Ithaca, Cortland, Norwich, Montrose, Elmira, Owego, Syracuse, Seneca Falls, Corning, Hornell, Oneida, Hallstead, Penn Yan, and Auburn…1046 AM EDT Tue May 6 2025…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is 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…From 2 PM EDT this afternoon 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 afternoon and 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. – https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
