A 60-year-old daily record is shattered.
View full sizeSouth Albion Road near Altmar was flooded and washed by rainfall Thursday and Friday.Syracuse, NY -- Thursday’s rainfall of 2.66 inches registered at Hancock International Airport smashed the record for Sept. 30, according to the National Weather Service.
The previous record for that date was 0.82 inches recorded in 1950.
Oswego County has hit hard by flooding, with the Pulaski mayor closing the Route 11 bridge over the Salmon River after the collapse of a concrete wall along the river, the Oswego County Office of Emergency Management reports. State Department of Transportation inspectors will be examining the collapsed wall.
In Altmar, the Salmon River overflowed its banks.
There have been no evacuations so far, Oswego County 911 reports.
Scores of roads were closed across Central New York by flooding, with the most reported in Oswego County.
Cortland County has the dubious honor of receiving the most rainfall in the Central New York area Thursday, according to the weather service.
Some 6.51 inches of rain pounded Cortland County from Thursday through 4 this morning, said Joanne Labounty, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Binghamton.
The remains of a tropical storm off the coast of the Carolinas produced a stream of rain that swamped the East Coast.
Water that rose in smaller streams during the Thursday’s rain is receding this morning, Labounty said. However, it will take longer for water in larger streams and rivers to go down, she said.
As of 7:30 a.m. the Tioughnioga River in Cortland was at 9.7 feet. It’s flood stage is 8 feet, Labounty said.
Today’s forecast is for cool temperatures, and it will be dry with a breeze. There may be a few hit or miss showers over the weekend and we’ll dry out at the beginning of next week.
Read more on the record rainfall
» Floods continue to close roads in Central New York
» Brookfield Renewable Power warns people to stay away from the Salmon River
» See today's hour-by-hour forecast and the five-day outlook