3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An area of low pressure and a series of troughs tracking across the region caused steady rain across western and north central New York. Combined with a previous wet pattern and melting snow in the days leading up to this event, flooding was observed for portions of the area.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracked up the east coast and interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and approaching upper level low pressure system. Strong southerly flow allowed for the transport of tropical moisture, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, up the coast which…
Read the full account →Rainfall of one to 1.5 inches fell across the northern Adirondacks late on April 27 into the early morning hours of April 28. The region was had already experienced flooding from rain and snowmelt during prior days, and the additional rainfall renewed flood problems and created…
Read the full account →A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition, snowmelt was causing elevated river flows before the rain started late on the 27th. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain on already saturated ground. In Wyoming County, Route 19 was closed while portions of Saltvale Road between Wyoming an d Warsaw was mud- and water-covered.
Read the full account →From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York. This system produced 4 to 5 inches of rain across most of central New York and the northern Catskills.
Read the full account →A mid level trough and cold front tracking across the region caused showers and thunderstorms to develop on the afternoon of Monday April 21st.
Read the full account →A mid level trough and cold front tracking across the region caused showers and thunderstorms to develop on the afternoon of Monday April 21st.
Read the full account →A mid level trough and cold front tracking across the region caused showers and thunderstorms to develop on the afternoon of Monday April 21st.
Read the full account →A mid level trough and cold front tracking across the region caused showers and thunderstorms to develop on the afternoon of Monday April 21st.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorms developed in an unstable and moist environment on September 11th, 2023 and produced flash flooding in New York. Thunderstorms developed along a stationary front that was draped over the area in an environment with 2000-2500 J/kg of SBCAPE and 1.7-1.9 inches…
Read the full account →Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed over the Adirondacks and moved across eastern portions of the county Thursday, June 18th. Torrential rainfall from these thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding of brooks, streams and small rivers.
Read the full account →Soaking rains on the 30th caused significant rises in area river and creek levels. The rapid rise resulted in an ice jam on Cazenovia Creek in Erie County. In West Seneca, basement and road flooding occurred in the Parkside/Willowdale neighborhood.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving cold front tracking through Western and Central New York during the afternoon and evening. Numerous thunderstorm complexes moved over the same locations in Onondaga county producing up to 6 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving cold front tracking through Western and Central New York during the afternoon and evening. Numerous thunderstorm complexes moved over the same locations in Onondaga county producing up to 6 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving cold front tracking through Western and Central New York during the afternoon and evening. Numerous thunderstorm complexes moved over the same locations in Onondaga county producing up to 6 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →Isolated storms developed during the afternoon across the Western Southern Tier and Finger Lakes. These storms had practically no movement, and dropped very heavy rainfall amounts in a few spots. Radar estimates of 2 to 3 inches in an hour were noted.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 1 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. There was some road closures and flooded basements.
Read the full account →A general three to four inches of rain fell on bare, saturated ground across the Genesee basin. The Genesee river crested at 36.4 feet at Avon ( highest since 1972) and at 16.8 feet in Rochester (highest since 1984).
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level low pressure system interacted with a surface frontal boundary to induce torrential rain-producing thunderstorms. These storms moved into Central New York during the afternoon and repeatedly struck the same areas leading to localized flash flooding of…
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level low pressure system interacted with a surface frontal boundary to induce torrential rain-producing thunderstorms. These storms moved into Central New York during the afternoon and repeatedly struck the same areas leading to localized flash flooding of…
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level low pressure system interacted with a surface frontal boundary to induce torrential rain-producing thunderstorms. These storms moved into Central New York during the afternoon and repeatedly struck the same areas leading to localized flash flooding of…
Read the full account →A weak disturbance interacted with a moderately unstable airmass across St. Lawrence county during the afternoon of the 3rd. This resulted in the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms, which remained stationary across portions of St.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorms erupted within a very tropical airmass over southern Saratoga county during the afternoon of August 2. Storms not only moved slowly, but redeveloped over the same region and produced very heavy amounts of rainfall in a short period of time.
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