Jan 12, 2017
A slow moving frontal boundary and area of low pressure moved across the region and brought several rounds of rain totaling over an inch. The rainfall, mild temperatures, and moist dew points melted virtually all of the snowpack from the previous snows across the Southern Tier. This sent the nearly two to four inches of water that was locked up in that snowpack into area creeks and rivers. Flood stage was reached at Olean and Salamanca on the Allegheny River, Falconer on the Chadakoin River, Gow
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 677950). 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.