Flood — Wayne, New York

2019-06-01 to 2019-06-30 · near Lakeside, Wayne, New York

Wider weather episode

Excessive runoff into the Ottawa River Basin in Canada restricted the outlet of Lake Ontario. This combined with above normal precipitation into the Lake Ontario Basin, record levels on the Great Lakes above Lake Ontario, and higher than normal flows into the lake from the Niagara River pushed the lake to well above normal levels. Over the course of June, new records were broken as the lake pushed to nearly 6 feet above low water datum and eclipsed the levels set in 2017. The lake peaked on June 10.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 868130. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.