3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Low pressure strengthened to about 985 hPa as it tracked from Lake Superior to central Quebec. Ahead of low, a strong low-level jet of about 70 knots was associated with a warm front, while weaker post-frontal winds only spurred 45-50 knots at 850 hPa.
Read the full account →Low pressure strengthened to about 985 hPa as it tracked from Lake Superior to central Quebec. Ahead of low, a strong low-level jet of about 70 knots was associated with a warm front, while weaker post-frontal winds only spurred 45-50 knots at 850 hPa.
Read the full account →Low pressure strengthened to about 985 hPa as it tracked from Lake Superior to central Quebec. Ahead of low, a strong low-level jet of about 70 knots was associated with a warm front, while weaker post-frontal winds only spurred 45-50 knots at 850 hPa.
Read the full account →Two Pacific shortwave troughs promoted the formation and deepening of a surface low that tracked from the Great Plains, across southern Lake Michigan, and eventually to near James Bay while deepening below 980 mb. This pushed a strong cold front crossed our region.
Read the full account →Two Pacific shortwave troughs promoted the formation and deepening of a surface low that tracked from the Great Plains, across southern Lake Michigan, and eventually to near James Bay while deepening below 980 mb. This pushed a strong cold front crossed our region.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Tropical storm Henri with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph made landfall on the Rhode Island coast, near Westerly, at 12:30pm EDT Sunday, August 22. Henri then continued turning to the west as the storm weakened over Connecticut becoming a depression by evening.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Tropical storm Henri with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph made landfall on the Rhode Island coast, near Westerly, at 12:30pm EDT Sunday, August 22. Henri then continued turning to the west as the storm weakened over Connecticut becoming a depression by evening.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Elsa with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, made landfall as a strong tropical storm on the panhandle of Florida on the morning of July 7th.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours produced torrential rains of three to four inches across parts of the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes.
Read the full account →In the wake of the July 15 rainstorm, the air mass remained very humid and unstable across eastern New York. Widely scattered thunderstorms developed late on July 16. Most of these were in Rensselaer county and produced addtional heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front approaching from southern Ontario triggered numerous thunderstorms across central New York. These storms produced areas of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front approaching from southern Ontario triggered numerous thunderstorms across central New York. These storms produced areas of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms moved southeast across Clinton county during the late afternoon and evening of Thursday, June 18th. Torrential rain fell in and around Altona, New York with several roads washed out. A number of homes were sandbagged to prevent flooding of structures.
Read the full account →An intense storm over the mid-Atlantic states pumped excessive rains all the way back to parts of western New York. Rainfall totals of three to four inches...onto already saturated grounds...were common across the Genesee Valley and Western Finger Lakes region.
Read the full account →An intensifying storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard from northern Florida on December 17th, to the coastal Mid Atlantic region on the 18th. This storm produced a strong onshore flow on the 18th that combined with high astronomical tides to cause widespread moderate to locally…
Read the full account →An intensifying storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard from northern Florida on December 17th, to the coastal Mid Atlantic region on the 18th. This storm produced a strong onshore flow on the 18th that combined with high astronomical tides to cause widespread moderate to locally…
Read the full account →An intensifying storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard from northern Florida on December 17th, to the coastal Mid Atlantic region on the 18th. This storm produced a strong onshore flow on the 18th that combined with high astronomical tides to cause widespread moderate to locally…
Read the full account →An intensifying storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard from northern Florida on December 17th, to the coastal Mid Atlantic region on the 18th. This storm produced a strong onshore flow on the 18th that combined with high astronomical tides to cause widespread moderate to locally…
Read the full account →An intensifying storm moved up the Eastern Seaboard from northern Florida on December 17th, to the coastal Mid Atlantic region on the 18th. This storm produced a strong onshore flow on the 18th that combined with high astronomical tides to cause widespread moderate to locally…
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