Jul 5, 2019
Warm and excessively moist air interacted with a weak disturbance drifting through central New York. Numerous thunderstorms erupted in the region with a concentration toward the western Finger Lakes region where torrential rainfall led to road washouts and other flash flooding problems.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 846524). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Steuben County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.