LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY

LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY

LOCATIONS…NORTHERN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES.

LAKE SHORE FLOODING…STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS AND WAVE ACTION WILL COMBINE WITH ABOVE NORMAL LAKE LEVELS TO INCREASE SHORELINE EROSION AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE SOME MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING IN BAYS AND INLETS.

TIMING…THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

IMPACTS…SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SHORELINE EROSION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THE LAKESHORE IS UNSTABLE FOLLOWING THE EROSION FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR. MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING POSSIBLE IN BAYS AND INLETS.

A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS IMMINENT OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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