More than a dozen area organizations and initiatives, including Allegany Hope and Allegany Hope Community News, will be providing information to the public next Thursday in Cuba as they seek to acquaint residents with available services, many of them free. The Allegany County Community Collaboration, coordinated by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board, will be at … Read more
BREAKING WEATHER ALERT: Some areas of Allegany County may experience patchy frost tonight as temperatures dip around freezing, with FREEZE WARNINGS being posted this afternoon over the border in Pennsylvania counties and a FROST ADVISORY for Wyoming County west. Although local conditions currently aren’t bringing either official alert designations from the National Weather Service (NWS) … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 7AM Thursday: The chances for heavy rain have moved south into Northern Pennsylvania counties where forecasters say that locally heavy rain may result in isolated instances of flooding this afternoon and evening especially in locations that can experience rapid runoff. In the meantime, for Allegany County, today is forecast to start humid, … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 12:30PM Sunday: The alert level for severe weather this afternoon has been increased to a Slight Risk, the second level on a five-step scale for the Allegany County region. The NWS says that scattered thunderstorms, capable of producing strong to severe winds, along with the lower risk of large hail, are the … Read more
WEDNESDAY WEATHER ALERT: The risk of severe weather this afternoon and tonight has been increased from Marginal to Slight in the past 24 hours for Allegany and adjoining counties, with a Marginal Risk for excessive rain, which can lead to flash flooding, also having been put back into the mix from an earlier forecast. A … Read more
Two EF-1 tornadoes have been confirmed as setting down just north of Allegany County this week, with another in Eastern Potter County, Pa. The Wyoming and Livingston County events occurred around 8PM Wednesday night on both sides of the Genesee River, one just north of Portageville and both impacting the southern sector of Letchworth State … Read more
Wave after wave of thunderstorms and weather warnings have subsided in the region, with a Flash Flood Warning expiring overnight in Allegany County, but nearly 2,000 customers remaining without power at this writing this morning and the threat of additional flooding continuing today for New York’s Southern Tier south into Pennsylvania. Multiple Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado … Read more
UPDATE – 4:40PM Wednesday: A TORNADO WATCH has been issued for a broad swath of Western and Central New York counties until 11PM. A Watch means that conditions are favorable for a weather event to occur. A Warning means that an event is happening or is imminent in a particular area. A FLOOD WATCH was … Read more
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ALERT (Share With Others): The chances for severe winds and heavy rain, which can lead to flash flooding, have increased today for Allegany and neighboring counties, with the potential for severe hail and isolated tornadoes not being ruled out. The National Weather Service (NWS) at Buffalo reports that several clusters of showers … Read more
TUESDAY WEATHER UPDATES: The potential remains for severe weather and heavy downpours this afternoon and evening across the Southern Tier, including Allegany County, but impact areas now are expected to be sparse. The primary focus now turns to Wednesday, when the forecast is for rain and thunderstorms throughout the day, increasing during overnight hours with … Read more
EARLY ALERT: An elevated potential for severe weather, including isolated hail and tornadoes, along with excessive rain starting today which can lead to flash flooding, are in the forecasts for this afternoon into Thursday. Various components of the National Weather Service (NWS) are alerting to a strong high pressure over the central part of the … Read more
BREAKING WEEKEND WEATHER ALERTS: Risk levels for damaging winds, hail and flooding in Allegany County, particularly in the southeastern section south and east, have increased overnight as potential adverse storm forecasts have expanded in a northwesterly direction from eastern New York. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has now placed the line … Read more
EARLY ALERT: The potential for a few isolated severe thunderstorms will be with Allegany, Cattaraugus and Livingston counties east and south again Thursday with the primary danger being localized strong wind gusts as showers and a few scattered thunderstorms cross the area, with large hail also possible in the southeast sector. The National Weather Service … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 1:20PM Saturday: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Allegany County, along with others in Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania, until 9PM today. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) also has raised the level of potential for strong to severe winds to a Slight Risk from this … Read more
All of the weather risk levels and alerts which have been reported this year can be confusing as one attempts to determine the chances for rain, wind and other potential adverse conditions and how to prepare. To help decipher common language used by National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, the following terms have been published by … Read more
SUNDAY WEATHER UPDATE: The chances of excessive rain, which could lead to flash flooding, continues to move north and south across the New York-Pennsylvania border this morning with the latest National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) forecast showing it along the states separation, with a 25-mile variation from any point. The WPC map … Read more
MONDAY WEATHER ALERT: Chances for severe weather have increased today for Southern Tier counties, particularly along the Pennsylvania border south, with potential for excessive rain, which could cause isolated flash flooding, continuing into Tuesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC), in its latest maps show a Slight Risk (second level on a … Read more
EARLY AND UPDATED WEATHER ALERTS: Showers and thunderstorms for Allegany County residents, moving from southwest to northeast this morning are expected to lessen in chances as the day goes on, although a Marginal Risk of excessive rain and flash flooding continues today in isolated areas. The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting sunny skies on … Read more
BREAKING WEATHER ALERT: Most of Allegany County and much of the Western Southern Tier and Northern Pennsylvania now have been placed under a Marginal Risk for severe weather today, along with the continuing threat of excessive rain, each of which could result in strong to severe winds or flash flooding. The National Weather Service (NWS) … Read more
The three-and-a-half weeks of Allegany County Road 31 (Middaugh Hill Road) closures between Friendship and Scio, which were scheduled to end today, have been extended for two more weeks due to the weather. County Public Works Superintendent Thomas Windus says that motorists now will need to continue finding alternate routes during weekdays through Thursday, August … Read more