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Flash Flood — Onondaga, NY

Apr 2, 2005

A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 1 to 3 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. There was some road closures and flooded basements in DeWitt, East Syracuse, Manlius, and La Fayette. Streams and creeks came out of their banks including Butternut Creek.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5448078). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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