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Flash Flood — Livingston, NY

Jan 24, 1999

Warm temperatures melted the snowpack from record snowfall in late December and early January. Nearly two feet of ripe snowpack dissolved to just a few inches remaining. The runoff caused flooding in poor drainage and low lying regions across the area with roads closed in some locations for a couple of days. Some of the hardest hit areas included Lancaster and Williamsville in Erie County, Royalton in Niagara County, Batavia and Corfu in Genesee County and Chili in Monroe County. Evacuations occ

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5684258). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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