Rain through the afternoon & evening

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - A band of lake effect rain was hammering parts of southern Jefferson County and northern Oswego County through much of the morning and into the afternoon.

There’s a flash flood warning for that area through 3:15 p.m. There’s a flood watch the for all Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties through 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying areas could flood, and poor drainage could cause flooding in communities.

Showers will be off and on and where there’s a flash flood warning, folks could see a total of 4 to 6 inches of rain. If it were snow, that would translate to between 40 and 60 inches.

Highs will be in the upper 50s.

It won’t be as wet on Wednesday – there’s only a 30% chance of rain. It will be mostly cloudy with highs in the mid- to upper 50s.

Thursday will be mostly sunny and in the mid-50s.

Friday will be sunny and in the low 60s.

It will be sunny and in the mid-60s on Saturday.

Sunday will be partly sunny and in the mid-60s.

It will be in the mid-60s and mostly sunny on Monday.

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