Mar 25, 2023
Strong low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes to Quebec and a cold front brought a period of strong downslope winds along Lake Erie over far southwest New York during the daytime hours on the 25th. The more widespread strong and damaging winds from this event occurred from the evening of the 25th into the very early morning hours of the 26th. The strongest wind gusts observed were 69 mph at the Niagara Falls Airport and Rochester Airport and 68 mph at the Buffalo airport.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1089859). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Southern Erie County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.