Overview
- The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Tompkins County that takes effect Wednesday at 8 a.m.
- The alert focuses on Cayuga Lake at Ithaca, where minor flooding is forecast that could push water onto shoreline paths and nearby roads.
- Earlier Tuesday evening, forecasters posted flash-flood warnings for several central New York counties as radar showed training thunderstorms, which means storms kept moving over the same area and produced rain over 2 inches per hour.
- In those flash-flood zones, 1.5 to 2.5 inches had already fallen with another 1 to 2 inches possible, elevating the risk for creeks, streets, and underpasses.
- As of about 1 a.m. Wednesday, Oneida County's flash-flood warning remained active, with earlier alerts elsewhere having already expired.