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Flash Flood — Lewis, NY

May 22, 2014

A weak surface low drifted across the North Country and produced slow moving thunderstorms. The thunderstorms produced three-quarter inch hail near Turin and Port Leyden. The storms also dropped very heavy rains���radar estimating between eight and nine inches in some locations. The Village of Port Leyden in the Town of Leyden was hardest hit. More than a dozen roads in the Town were completely washed out with numerous others damaged. A sewer line and secondary water line were destroyed wi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 523918). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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