Storms Leading to Warnings

AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL LOCAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.