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Flash Flood — Dutchess, NY

Aug 12, 2023

A few showers and thunderstorms developed within the warm sector of a low pressure system across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours on August 12, 2023. Most of the activity was located across the mid-Hudson Valley (Ulster and Dutchess counties) where thunderstorms produced several instances of wind damage and some large hail. Localized flash flooding also occurred with these storms. A few other thunderstorms produced some localized wind damage closer to the proximity of a wa

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1132470). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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