CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Since this past weekend, we have spent most of our hours above 32°. This has allowed for quite a bit of snow melt across our entire area. In fact, some of us have been able to actually see some bare ground and lawns. Our latest warmup today and this evening will bring multiple hours of temperatures past 50°.
The combination of a bit of midday rain, these warm temperatures, and a threat for steadier showers and thunderstorms overnight has raised concerns that some minor spring-like flooding may occur along rivers, streams, and creeks and in normal low lying flood prone areas. With that in mind, the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for most of central and southern New York for late this afternoon through Thursday afternoon.
The line of showers and thunderstorms that are slated to move into the area overnight is the same line of weather that produced tornados across Oklahoma and Texas last night. While we do not expect tornados or widespread severe weather over Central New York, it is possible that a gusty thunderstorm may roll through your backyard tonight. A big change in the weather is expected on Thursday as strong winds and falling temperatures coupled with rain changing to wet snow will remind us that winter is not over. Temperatures will resume seasonably chilly levels for Friday and the weekend.
You can keep track of the forecast on our weather page. Click on “Weather” and then the “Live Triple Doppler Radar” tab on our weather page. Make sure you refresh the Doppler radar to see the very latest information, as well. Furthermore, we have our new Interactive Doppler Radar on our website. You can zoom down to street level with Interactive Doppler Radar. You are in total control of where the radar can zoom in. Give it a try. In addition, you may tune to NBC Weather Plus on Time Warner Cable digital channel 133 or over the air 3.3 to get the very latest weather updates locally and nationally. Plus, click on our Watches and Warnings map to see the very latest county specific watches and warnings.
