Aug 9, 2012
A stationary front draped across northern New York along with weak impulses aloft developed scattered thunderstorms across portions of northern New York during the afternoon of August 9th. An isolated thunderstorm produced penny size hail and a very localized damaging wind gust in Essex county.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 406852). 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.