Jun 28, 2006
On the early morning of the 28th, a persistent deep upper atmospheric trough was located across the Mississippi River Valley, while a cold front and weak area of low pressure was slowly moving east across New York. More steady rainfall fell across Essex county New York, an area that had witnessed heavy rainfall for the last several days. The end result was several bankfull streams and rivers with flooded fields as well as some scattered flooding of roads, including the Hulls Falls Road in Keene,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5517406). 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.