Sep 30, 2015
A slow-moving cold front approached upstate New York from the Great Lakes on Tuesday, September 29th. Ahead of this front, a southerly flow out of the Gulf of Mexico allowed plenty of tropical moisture to surge into the region, with an unusually humid air mass in place for late September. As an area of low pressure developed along this boundary, areas of rain showers transitioned into a widespread rainfall during the evening hours, with heavy rainfall falling between the late evening hours and
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 597950). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rensselaer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.