Jan 27, 1996
A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches of rain across parts of the Catskills. This amount of rainfall on already saturated soil brought many small streams out of their banks across Ulster County. The Wallkill River, Rondout Creek and Esopus Creek also flooded in Ulster County. Evacuations occurred along the Esopus Creek and route 28 was closed between Phoenicia and Mount Tremper. Along
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5553615). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Western Ulster County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.