3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Unseasonably warm weather resulted in dramatic snowmelt with rapid rises on some rivers the last few days of March. In addition, showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours moved across the area on the 30th enhancing the rises in rivers.
Read the full account →Heavy rains associated with a cold front and tropical moisture caused flash flooding in the Caroline area. There were several roads closed by the flooding. A total of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell in Tompkins County from Monday the 26th through Wednesday the 28th.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracked across New York State and New England during May 10 and 11. On May 12 the system moved to the east coast and intensified, this prolonged the period of precipitation.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracked across New York State and New England during May 10 and 11. On May 12 the system moved to the east coast and intensified, this prolonged the period of precipitation.
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 →The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna impacted Southeast New York, making landfall near the Nassau/Suffolk County border around 10:35 pm on the 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from 1.66 inches at Port Jervis to 5.92 inches at New City.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.
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 storm system moved across southern Canada during Tuesday, June 30, 1998. Ahead of the associated cold front, a very moist airmass was in place across northern New York. This triggered late morning and afternoon thunderstorms with torrential rain.
Read the full account →A storm system moved across southern Canada during Tuesday, June 30, 1998. Ahead of the associated cold front, a very moist airmass was in place across northern New York. This triggered late morning and afternoon thunderstorms with torrential rain.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a quasi-stationary front on the afternoon and evening of May 28. One of the storms became briefly severe as it deposited nickel-size hail in the town of Marbletown, Ulster County.
Read the full account →An abrupt change to warmer weather at mid-month resulted in a quick meltdown of the winter snowpack. Area creeks rose to near or above bankful.
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