Jul 1, 2015
During the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 1st, a warm front lifted northward across eastern Upstate New York. An area of showers and embedded thunderstorms accompanied this warm front as it slowly moved across the region. Heavier bursts of rainfall repeated over the same portions of the eastern Catskills, with radar estimating up to three inches of rain falling in a short period of time. As a result of this, flash flooding occurred and several small streams overflowed their banks, whi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 578743). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ulster County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.