3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.
Read the full account →Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.
Read the full account →Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.
Read the full account →Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.
Read the full account →A cold front dropped southward across the region and interacted with modestly moist and unstable conditions. A humid boundary layer was in place as evidenced by surface dewpoints in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Read the full account →A cold front dropped southward across the region and interacted with modestly moist and unstable conditions. A humid boundary layer was in place as evidenced by surface dewpoints in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Read the full account →A passing shortwave combined with a surface trough resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Lower Hudson Valley during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A passing shortwave combined with a surface trough resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Lower Hudson Valley during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A passing shortwave combined with a surface trough resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Lower Hudson Valley during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A passing shortwave combined with a surface trough resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Lower Hudson Valley during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A cold front dropped southward across the region and interacted with modestly moist and unstable conditions. A humid boundary layer was in place as evidenced by surface dewpoints in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Read the full account →An approaching cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms across the area. An upstream elevated mixed layer and associated mesoscale convective vortex allowed for convection to cross from lower Michigan, across southern Ontario, and into western New York by late in the…
Read the full account →A passing shortwave combined with a surface trough resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Lower Hudson Valley during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed between 2 AM and 4 AM in an area of stronger convergence off Lake Erie in southern Erie County. Automated gauges from weather underground were helpful to get ground truth rainfall reports.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed between 2 AM and 4 AM in an area of stronger convergence off Lake Erie in southern Erie County. Automated gauges from weather underground were helpful to get ground truth rainfall reports.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary boundary just south of Lake Ontario divided a moist unstable air mass from a much cooler one. Instability was generating a CAPE of around 2000 J/Kg south of the boundary by late afternoon, but wind shear was limited with 700 hPa winds only around 20 knots.
Read the full account →Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas north of Interstate 90 during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure.
Read the full account →Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas north of Interstate 90 during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure.
Read the full account →Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas north of Interstate 90 during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure.
Read the full account →Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas north of Interstate 90 during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorms trained over Rensselaer County during the afternoon of the 14th, resulting in a bullseye of 2-5 of rainfall over two to three hours over central and southern portions of the county.
Read the full account →A cold front dropped from north to south across the area. Unstable conditions were evident ahead of this, with about 2000 J/kg CAPE developing by late afternoon. Moderate mid-level shear was present with a shortwave just ahead of the front.
Read the full account →Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall set up across areas north of Interstate 90 during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, July 29, 2021 north of a warm front and area of low pressure.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorms trained over Rensselaer County during the afternoon of the 14th, resulting in a bullseye of 2-5 of rainfall over two to three hours over central and southern portions of the county.
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