Jul 12, 2006
A warm front stretching across the region focused heavy rain over the counties along the south shore of Lake Ontario. Two to four inches fell across Orleans and Monroe counties with over five inches over a portion of Wayne and northern Cayuga counties. The rains inundated roads, buildings and crops. About a half dozen homes were destroyed by the flood waters in Wayne county. Sections of roads were washed away in Wolcott, Irondequoit and Webster, among others. The number of cars damaged in high w
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5521115). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Orleans County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.