Weather Service warns of extreme heat on Sunday

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 18 July 2015 at 12:00 am

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – This birdhouse is pictured along the Erie Canal in Albion with the Keitel Road canal bridge in back.

The National Weather Service is warning of extreme heat in Orleans County on Sunday when the high is forecast to reach 91 degrees with 72 percent humidity. That will make it feel like about 95 degrees.

Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 83 degrees.

Thunderstorms swept through the area last night, and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning between 4:15 and 7:15 a.m. for Orleans, Genesee, Wayne and Monroe counties.