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Flash Flood — Cortland, NY

Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th. The moisture from Lee interacted with a frontal system to the west across the eastern Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes. In addition, moisture was drawn into New York and Pennsylvania from Hurricane Katia which was moving northward off the east coast in tandem with the remnants of Lee. This complicated scenario led to an extreme amoun

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 339419). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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