Aug 4, 2022
Amid a hot and humid air mass, showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on August 4, 2022. Some thunderstorms became severe producing downed trees and power lines as well as heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding. Flash flooding was mainly confined to the Town of Bethlehem as training thunderstorms produced upwards of 4 inches of rain in just a couple of hours.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1052614). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Albany County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.