ice jams & high winds
Posted by
cypresstx on 11/23/2014, 3:55 pm
just not a very fun turkey-week...
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=buf&wwa=flood%20warning
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST MONDAY FOR ERIE...NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA...WYOMING...SOUTHERN GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
TEMPERATURES...NOW IN THE UPPER 40S...WILL CHANGE LITTLE OR SLOWLY RISE INTO THE LOWER 50S OVERNIGHT...AND SOAR TO NEAR 60 DEGREES ON MONDAY.
WHILE RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY BE A THIRD INCH OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT...SNOWMELT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. AN ICE JAM AS FORMED ON THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR THE SOUTHGATE PLAZA...WHILE ANOTHER HAS FORMED IN BUFFALO CREEK UPSTREAM OF THE BUFFALO RIVER. THESE JAMS WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOOD THREAT.
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.
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. RESIDENTIAL BASEMENTS WILL START TO FLOOD DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THIS WILL CAUSE SUMP PUMPS TO FAIL.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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