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Flood — Columbia, NY

Apr 15, 2007

Low pressure developed over the lower Mississippi Valley on Saturday April 14th, and then moved northeast while intensifying, reaching the southern Appalachians by Sunday morning, April 15th, and then just south of western Long Island by Monday morning, April 16th. This low became very intense, with a central barometric pressure falling below 970 millibars upon reaching just south of Long Island Monday morning. The low then headed off the New England coast by Tuesday morning.|This intense coasta

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 26732). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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