Jul 3, 2014
On July 3 thunderstorms broke out in warm unstable air ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some storms trained over southeast Franklin County and southwest Clinton County New York, producing two to 3 inches of rain in less than 3 hours. The return interval for one hour duration rainfall was near a one hundred year event, and isolated flash flooding resulted.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 529793). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Clinton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.