‘I’ve never seen it like this before’; Flooding in Webster leaves many knee-deep in water

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Flash flooding leaves many knee-deep in Webster

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WEBSTER, N.Y. — Storms swept through the Rochester area on Monday, causing flooding in many parts, including Webster. Neighbors on Shady Glenn Circle measured the water at its deepest part at 27 inches.

“It seems every time we get a few inches of rain in an hour from a bad storm, the drains back up a little bit and we get a little bit of a flood in the circle here,” neighbor Jason Zobkin said.

Within a half hour, the water was up to the kids’ knees and waist deep by the time the full hour was up. Zobkin is thankful it didn’t cause serious damage.

“Luckily we are all okay basements are dry so far so I think we dodged a little bit of a bullet,” he said.

Zobkin says he was on his way home from work when he got a call from his wife, warning him about the flooding.

“My wife’s like careful the water is really deep. How deep could it be you’d be surprised when you get home and luckily my truck made it through the water,” Zobkin said.

News10NBC’s Marsha Augustin measured the water at 13 inches deep, covering her boots.

Jordan Partiss’ car didn’t make it through the flooding. He got stuck in flooding along 104 east off the Hard Road exit.

“Everything was fine until I saw this water come up in my car well the only way out is through so I had to push it through and at the deepest point my battery light went on and the whole car went,” Partiss said.

Now he’s dealing with battery issues along with a check engine light and other warning lights on the dashboard. But Partiss says things could be worse.

“It got me it got my precious baby it got my car. I just hope she is okay,” he said.

The good news is the water has already started receding, so neighbors won’t have to deal with this in the morning. Download the First Alert Weather app from your app store so you can always have the latest forecast on hand.

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