3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →An ice jam formed on the Great Chazy River in Clinton county of New York. There were reports of low land flooding and some roads blocked by water from Perry Mills to the Village of Champlain, NY. At Perry Mills the river gage reached 10.8 feet on Wednesday, April 11th.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →An upper-level low pressure system was the driving force of scattered storms across Central New York. Warm and moist air contributed to several rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms over the Central Southern Tier.
Read the full account →An upper-level low pressure system was the driving force of scattered storms across Central New York. Warm and moist air contributed to several rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms over the Central Southern Tier.
Read the full account →Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms resulted in locally heavy rain and small hail across northeast New York.Flash flooding/Flooding was reported along Lake Shore Drive and Rte 9 in Chazy (Clinton County) with several brooks out of their banks between 1800-1900 EST.Pea size…
Read the full account →A second round of thunderstorms cross the area during the early afternoon hours. The heavy rains that fell on already saturated ground resulted in flash flooding in Monroe and Wayne Counties. In Webster, for example, four to six inches of water covered Schlegel Road.
Read the full account →A low pressure system which tracked across the northern Great Lakes on the 24th of January produced addition rain across the already ground soaked region.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event resulted in flash flooding across portions of the area as moisture streaming northward ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa encountered a stationary boundary draped across the area.
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