Jul 14, 1996
The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across eastern New York with amounts around 7 inches over the Catskills and mid Hudson Valley. Flash flooding occurred during the early part of the event in Dutchess and Columbia Counties. In Dutchess County flash flooding occurred in Rhinebeck and the Town of Wappinger was declared a state of emer
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5567004). 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.