MARCH 16
1990
16th-20th…Heavy rains in combination with a
melting snowpack caused the Black River in Lewis and Jefferson
counties to rise. The water content of the snowpack had been measured
at over six inches just prior to the floods. At Watertown, the Black
River crested at 11.58 feet. Several roads in Lewis and Jefferson
counties were flooded and closed for several days. Large areas of
agricultural flatlands were inundated.
2001
Low pressure moved across Ohio and Pennsylvania and
stalled to our southeast. While most of the area received a general
four to six inch snowfall some higher elevations of the Genesee Valley
received six to ten inches of snow.
2003
16TH-17TH...An
ice jam on Cazenovia Creek resulted in flooding in
West
Seneca
.
Several basements in the
Southgate
Plaza
area were flooded though no evacuations were ordered. At Ebenezer, the
creek crested at 11.6 feet. Flood stage is 10 feet.
2004
A low pressure system strengthened over
the mid-Mississippi valley, moved to the
Virginias
, then tracked northeast along the Atlantic coast. The late season
storm produced ten to twenty inches of heavy, wet snow across much of
the region. The snow began across the western southern tier around
daybreak on the 16th and during the morning hours across the
Niagara
frontier and western
Finger Lakes
region. The snow continued, heavy at times, throughout the day and
then began to taper off at
midnight
. Many schools and businesses heeded warnings, closed on the 16th and
remained closed on the 17th. The storm was blamed for numerous
automobile accidents, including several fatalities. Specific storm
totals included: 23" at Nunda; 19" at Hamburg; 16" at
Ellicottville and West Seneca; 15" at Cheektowaga, Walworth and
Warsaw; 14" at Dansville, Portageville, South Dayton and South
Wales; 13" at Forestville, Amherst, Clarence and Livonia;
12" at North Tonawanda, Elma, Lancaster and Frewsburg; 11"
at Randolph, Depew, Alden, Grand Island, Fairport and Palmyra;
10" at Scottsville, Stockton and Constantia; 9" at Lockport,
West Monroe, Pittsford, Webster, Springwater and Jamestown; and
8" at Niagara Falls and East Oswego.
