Portions of Chautauqua County got inundated Sunday as multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms brought heavy rain to the area. The initial round early Sunday morning triggered a flash flood warning for portions of the county. The Dunkirk-Fredonia area appeared to get hit hardest, according to meteorologist David Thomas with the National Weather Service in Buffalo. He says Fredonia picked up close to four inches of precipitation...
David Thomas: nearly four inches in Fredonia
The heavy rain caused water levels to rise on Canadaway Creek and led to flooding in some areas. Among them were a portion of Route 60 between Fredonia and Cassadaga, plus Willow Road underneath the CSX railroad overpass in the Town of Dunkirk. Thomas says there were other locations that got at least one inch of rain...
David Thomas: other amounts reported
Thomas adds that more precipitation is in the forecast on Monday, this time in the form of lake effect rain. That will begin to diminish during the evening hours.
Top: Muddy water rushes down Canadaway Creek in the Village of Fredonia early Sunday afternoon. Bottom: Willow Road at the CSX overpass in the Town of Dunkirk flooded after another round of rainfall early Sunday evening. Photos by Greg Larson
