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Weather: Thunderstorm watch in effect for Western New York

By Howard B. Owens

There's a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Genesee County, but there's also only a 40 percent chance of participation in Batavia.

What looks like, from the radar, a big storm cell just passed to the north of us (possibly dumping rain on the north parts of the county), and there are more cells moving west to east.

The watch is in effect until 8 p.m.

UPDATE 4:51 p.m.: A flood warning as been issued for the norther parts of Genesee County:

AT 432 PM EDT RADAR ESTIMATED GREATER THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF MONROE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE ALONG A LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE BETWEEN 430 AND 600 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTH AND WEAKEN THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* EXPECT SOME AREA ROADS TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL ALSO RUN HIGH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HIGH WATER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE COMMUTING IN NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER AND ROAD CLOSURES

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