Aug 2, 2016
A humid air mass was in place over the region during the early morning hours on Tuesday, August 2nd. Thanks to a nearby frontal boundary, a cluster of slow moving thunderstorms moved south out of the Adirondacks and Lake George-Saratoga Region towards the Capital Region during the late night hours. These thunderstorms produced an excessive amount of lightning along with very heavy rainfall. As this rainfall occurred over the Capital Region, flash flooding occurred within the urban areas wit
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 645731). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Schenectady County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.