Nov 1, 2019
A developing area of low pressure moved from the Gulf of Mexico on during the night of the 30th and moved north into the eastern Great Lakes as it intensified during the evening of October 31st. As the surface low moved across Ontario during the night of October 31st, its associated cold front slowly edged across New York.||The upper level pattern was very strong and dynamic with a direct moisture feed from the Gulf of Mexico, thus delivering copious amounts of moisture into the northeast and NY
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 858988). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.