Mar 6, 2011
On March 5th, an active storm system developed and moved across the Gulf coast states. This storm produced severe weather, including deadly tornadoes along the Gulf coast and major flooding across the Tennessee River Valley. In New York, a cold front was draped across western New York with rainfall immediately along the cold front and temperatures in the 40s across northern New York that promoted significant snow melt to the region. ||On March 6th, this storm began to move north across the south
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288856). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.