Aug 20, 2001
A few thunderstorms fired up along an occluded front on the afternoon of August 20 in eastern New York. With a humid air mass in place, a couple of the storms reached severe limits and produced very heavy rainfall. A severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in the city of Amsterdam, Montgomery County. Numerous trees were blown down on houses. The storms trained over the same area and contained torrential rains. The WNYT-TV Local Network in Amsterdam, reported as much as 3.95 inches of rainfal
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5264516). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Montgomery County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.