Aug 10, 2016
Slow moving thunderstorms developed along the Lake Erie Lake Breeze. The rainfall rates peaked at four to five inches per hour as the storms neared Jamestown. Route 60 between Peck Settlement Road and Johns Place was closed due to flooding. Other reports of more minor flooding were received including numerous manhole covers displaced due to overflowing storm drains, and an inch or two's worth of water flowing down the stairs near Jamestown High School.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 658449). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Chautauqua County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.