WIBX spoke to Shaun Brennan of New Hartford who was among those who had to be rescued by the Utica Police and Fire crews as his vehicle became nearly submerged by water as he traveled through Utica on the arterial.
The heavy rain is making parts of central New York look more like a river than a street. Parts of the Route 12 Arterial in Utica suffered massive flooding.
Remember the nursery school rhyme - "Rain Rain Go Away, Come Again Another Day?" Well, that's pretty much what upstate and central New Yorkers have been thinking for the past few weeks and we're near a record for rainfall.
The National Weather Service is predicting wet weather starting Friday, and these showers and thunderstorms could set a record for something you've probably never heard of.