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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

Westchester, NY · Sep 1, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NY · Sep 1, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Sep 1, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Kings, NY · Sep 1, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Chautauqua, NY · Jun 9, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Cattaraugus, NY · Jun 9, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NY · Jun 8, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jun 8, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Rockland, NY · Jun 8, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Bronx, NY · Jun 8, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jun 9, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Erie, NY · Sep 12, 2021

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…

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Flash Flood

Orange, NY · Jun 8, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Chautauqua, NY · Jul 14, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Chautauqua, NY · Jul 14, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jul 7, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Washington, NY · Jul 29, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Washington, NY · Jul 29, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Washington, NY · Jul 29, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Saratoga, NY · Jul 29, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Rensselaer, NY · Jul 14, 2021

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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Flash Flood

Niagara, NY · Jul 20, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Saratoga, NY · Jul 29, 2021

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.

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Flash Flood

Columbia, NY · Jul 14, 2021

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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