FYI.....Tonawanda Creek south of Batavia BEGAN spilling its banks last evening (Sat. Dec. 27) and continues to rise. It doesn't appear to be anywhere near cresting and this event looks to be potentially nasty. Pumps are running in the basement of our Creek Road home as I write this. Looks like our dogs will be spending the day indoors.
Probably a good a idea to avoid the low-lying areas immediately to the south, particularly Dorman, Peaviner, Cookson and Old Creek Roads.
I just watched this storm
I just watched this storm come... All was quite at 7:30 or so this morning and there was this line of really dark clouds and after these clouds got over and past us it got really windy and I MEAN WINDY!
Tom
Jim: Thanks for getting up
Jim: Thanks for getting up this news.
Here is the full flood warning updated a little while ago by the National Weather Service out of Buffalo:
"...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
"THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 2 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET AND NEAR THE CREST. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH FROM BATAVIA TO TONAWANDA...MOST FOCUSED IN ALABAMA SWAMPS, RAPIDS, AND NORTHERN CLARENCE AND AMHERST...AND ALSO IN CITY OF BATAVIA WEST OF MAIN STREET."
i live in south main right
i live in south main right off of oak and my back yard is completely flooded the creek is a good distance behind my house and the water is now like 20 -25 feet from the back of my house thank god i live upstairs wanna go swimming anyone