Jul 16, 1998
A warm and moist airmass was in place across northern New York ahead of a cold front. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developed with locally torrential rainfall. Numerous reports of road flooding with some washouts were reported especially in the towns of Peru and Harkness.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5669175). 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.