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Except for a few afternoon clouds, mainly sunny. High 87F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph..
Mostly cloudy skies early followed by thunderstorms late. Low around 65F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Vehicles navigate minor flooding Tuesday at the railroad overpass on Ellicott Street in Batavia. Storms and rain moved through much of the GLOW region.
Vehicles navigate minor flooding Tuesday at the railroad overpass on Ellicott Street in Batavia. Storms and rain moved through much of the GLOW region.
BATAVIA — When it rains, it pours, to use the old saying.
The skies above portions the GLOW region opened up Tuesday to provide what’s lately been a rarity — a genuinely rainy day, with slow-moving, soaking storms.
The day included occasional downpours, flashes of lightning and even hail and minor flooding in some parts of the area.
“Nothing major,” said Genesee County Highway Superintendent Tim Hens, asked about potential flooding and damage. “There are few tree branches in wires that National Grid is handling. We had one or two small areas where water was crossing the road or ponding and had a crew putting out cones and flashers — pretty routine for summer thunderstorms.”
A total of 822 customers were also without power in the town and village of Warsaw, along with the town of Middlebury and village of Wyoming, according to New York State Electric & Gas. A transformer had reportedly been struck by lightning, which couldn’t be immediately confirmed as of press time Tuesday evening.
Scattered power outages involving about five customers each were also reported in Batavia, Le Roy and Bethany.
Wyoming County Fire Coordinator Bill Streicher said Warsaw had been hit fairly hard by the rains, with the more-significant effects heading north. Power was restored in affected portions of the village by about 4:30 p.m.
The rain provides some minor relief, since the region has been experiencing dry weather all summer. An area including 28 percent of Genesee County remained in a moderate drought as of this past Thursday, while the remainder of the GLOW region was rated as “abnormally dry.”
Although it may be typical in a sense — the popular Wyoming County Fair typically receives at least one downpour every season.
The day’s rains also covered the Southern Tier, with a flash flood warning issued for most of Allegany County, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
Town of Batavia Highway Superintendent Ray Tourt said he hadn’t heard of much of anything Tuesday afternoon. ”I was down in the southeast end (Tuesday afternoon) and it was OK, but I haven’t heard anything else since,” he said, though he added that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any issues.”
“What usually happens in those cases is you get a lot of runoff. There’s only so much water that can go into those inlets until those inlets can take water,” he said.
Orleans County Director of Emergency Management Dale Banker said there was no rain in the county Tuesday of which his department was aware.
In a related matter, Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Tuesday to issue an updated drought watch after consulting with the State Drought Management Task Force and federal partner agencies.
The watch now includes most New York counties except those located in the Adirondack, Eastern Great Lakes, and New York Metropolitan regions.
New York State is encouraging residents in affected counties, particularly those dependent on private groundwater wells, to conserve water whenever possible during the coming weeks.
“While recent rains have helped, severe dry conditions continue to persist across the state,” Hochul said in a news release. “New Yorkers should take steps to conserve water whenever possible in the areas now under a designated drought watch. Simple steps to reduce water consumption will be crucial to our efforts to help prevent any increased drought levels.”
The GLOW region was already included in the state drought watch issued several weeks ago.
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