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New York Flood Stories

3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jun 6, 2025

Showers and thunderstorms causing heavy rainfall developed along a stalled frontal boundary over northern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening on June 6th.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jun 6, 2025

Showers and thunderstorms causing heavy rainfall developed along a stalled frontal boundary over northern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening on June 6th.

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Flash Flood

Cattaraugus, NY · Jun 6, 2025

Showers and thunderstorms causing heavy rainfall developed along a stalled frontal boundary over northern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening on June 6th.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jun 6, 2025

Showers and thunderstorms causing heavy rainfall developed along a stalled frontal boundary over northern Pennsylvania during the late afternoon and evening on June 6th.

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Flood

Erie, NY · Feb 1, 2002

A large scale storm system crossed the region on January 31st-February 1st bringing precipitation amounts of two to three inches to the region. The heavy rains on bare, saturated ground caused area creeks to rise with several exceeding flood stage.

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Flood

Chenango, NY · Nov 16, 2006

A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms with…

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Ulster, NY · Dec 12, 2008

A cold front moved across eastern New York and western New England on Wednesday, December 10th, ushering a cold airmass into the region. A low pressure system developed over the southeast states Wednesday and Wednesday night.

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Flood

Lewis, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Lewis, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Lewis, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood

Oswego, NY · Sep 30, 2010

Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.

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Flood$20K damage

Tioga, NY · Nov 30, 2005

Waverly (NY)/Sayre (PA) on the Susquehanna River went over its flood stage of 11 feet at 6:42 AM on November 30th. The river crested at 13.11 feet from 5:15 to 6:00 PM on the 30th before falling back below flood stage at 11:05 AM on December 1st.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Oneida, NY · Jul 7, 2013

Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Oneida, NY · Jul 7, 2013

Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Madison, NY · Jul 7, 2013

Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.

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Flood$20K damage

Hamilton, NY · Nov 9, 1996

From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York.

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Flash Flood

Steuben, NY · Aug 2, 2024

An upper level disturbance moved along a stationary front postioned over northern Pennsylvania during the afternoon. This fueled a large cluster of showers and embedded thunderstorms which pivoted northward into an unstable environment over the Southern Tier of NY.

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Flash Flood

Steuben, NY · Aug 2, 2024

An upper level disturbance moved along a stationary front postioned over northern Pennsylvania during the afternoon. This fueled a large cluster of showers and embedded thunderstorms which pivoted northward into an unstable environment over the Southern Tier of NY.

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Flood$200K damage

Hamilton, NY · Jan 19, 1996

An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced significant snowmelt along with one to three inches of rain.

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