3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The Tioughnioga River at Cortland rose above its flood stage of 8 feet late on March 31st. The rise was due to rain that fell on March 28th and snowmelt during the week leading up to the 31st. The water equivalent of the snow amounted to several inches.
Read the full account →The Chenango River at Sherburne rose above its flood stage of 8 feet late on the 31st. The rise was due to rain that fell on the 28th and snowmelt during the week leading up to the 31st. The water equivalent of the snow amounted to several inches.
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 before and after the rainstorm was causing elevated river flows. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Ohio Valley on Saturday, April 23rd northeast across southern Quebec and northern New York on Sunday, April 24th. Rain spread across the area with total rainfall across Essex county of up to 2 inches. Rivers became swollen and eventually flooded.
Read the full account →A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt.
Read the full account →On the early morning of the 28th, a persistent deep upper atmospheric trough was located across the Mississippi River Valley, while a cold front and weak area of low pressure was slowly moving east across New York.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →A widespread rainfall occurred from March 15th to 16th as a slow-moving cold front dropped south from Canada and crossed upstate New York from the evening of the 14th to the morning of the 15th.
Read the full account →A widespread rainfall occurred from March 15th to 16th as a slow-moving cold front dropped south from Canada and crossed upstate New York from the evening of the 14th to the morning of the 15th.
Read the full account →A widespread rainfall occurred from March 15th to 16th as a slow-moving cold front dropped south from Canada and crossed upstate New York from the evening of the 14th to the morning of the 15th.
Read the full account →Rainfall of 0.50 to 1.00 inches occurred on the night of the 24th as low pressure tracked across central NY. In addition, mild temperatures remained over the region through the end of the month. The mild temperatures continued melting of snowpack.
Read the full account →A widespread rainfall occurred from March 15th to 16th as a slow-moving cold front dropped south from Canada and crossed upstate New York from the evening of the 14th to the morning of the 15th.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracked northeast from the lower Ohio Valley on Tuesday March 4th, into south central New York State by Wednesday morning on March 5th.||Abundant moisture was associated with this system, which led to widespread heavy rainfall across much of east central…
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →An approaching low pressure system from the southwest, spread warm, above freezing air over the region on January 24th and 25th. Rain moved into northern New York on the morning of January 25th and continued through the day.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed over southwest Niagara and northern Erie counties with successive training on either side of Tonawanda Creek.
Read the full account →A batch of moderate rainfall with embedded heavy thunderstorms moved through the area on September 13th bringing flash flooding to the New York City metro area.
Read the full account →A batch of moderate rainfall with embedded heavy thunderstorms moved through the area on September 13th bringing flash flooding to the New York City metro area.
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