By Eileen Buckley
Buffalo, NY – It's probably not much of a surprise, consideirng how many rainy days we've had, but Wednesday's rainfall broke the record.
The National Weather Service in Buffalo said 1.04 inches of rain broke the old record of .99 inches set back on this date in 1904.
Spring rainfall totals are already at 15.3 inches, butt on average, about 10 inches.
Weather observers measured rainfall amounts through out the region Wednesday. Tonawanda had the most with .78-inches of rain followed by Kenmore with .66 inches.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Central Cattaraugus County until 8'o'clock Thursday evening.
Two to two and a feet of rain has flooding spots in Little Valley.
The following statement has been issued by the National Weather Service:
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 646 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
AT 637 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 2.O TO 2.5 FEET OF WATER FLOODING SEVERAL ROADS IN LITTLE VALLEY. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE VALLEY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.