3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms with heavy downpours during the evening hours of the 24th and the early morning hours of the 25th dropped over six inches of rain over parts of Lewis County.
Read the full account →A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a stationary front over the area on August 23rd. These thunderstorms were slow moving and produced heavy rainfall over Long Island. The thunderstorms developed in an environment with 1.5 to 1.7 precipitable water and CAPE values of 1500 - 2000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a stationary front over the area on August 23rd. These thunderstorms were slow moving and produced heavy rainfall over Long Island. The thunderstorms developed in an environment with 1.5 to 1.7 precipitable water and CAPE values of 1500 - 2000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a stationary front over the area on August 23rd. These thunderstorms were slow moving and produced heavy rainfall over Long Island. The thunderstorms developed in an environment with 1.5 to 1.7 precipitable water and CAPE values of 1500 - 2000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a convergence line along the south shore of Lake Ontario. The storms continued to redevelop along the same line producing rainfall amounts between three and five inches in less than a three hour period.
Read the full account →A general one to two inch rainfall combined with lingering snowmelt from higher elevations to result in considerable lowland flooding. Most major creeks and rivers rose to bankful. The Genesee River was above flood stage for five hours.
Read the full account →Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. Ice jams also formed on a few rivers. In addition, a cold front stalled across New England Monday, with an area of low pressure moving along the front with steady rain.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved into the western Ohio Valley late January 24 and reached the eastern Great Lakes region by early on January 26. This low brought up to an inch of rain over portions of eastern New York.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced damaging winds which downed power lines in Alexandria Bay, Jefferson county. The strong storms also produced downpours of one to two inches per hour across Lewis county. Some areas received over four inches of rain in less than three hours.
Read the full account →A general three to four inches of rain fell on bare, saturated ground across the Genesee basin. The Genesee river crested at 36.4 feet at Avon ( highest since 1972) and at 16.8 feet in Rochester (highest since 1984).
Read the full account →Cooks Falls on the Beaver Kill went over its flood stage of 10 feet at 4:13 AM on November 30th. The river crested at 10.34 feet at 5:30 AM before falling back below flood stage at 6:59 AM also on the 30th.
Read the full account →Cooks Falls on the Beaver Kill went over its flood stage of 10 feet at 4:13 AM on November 30th. The river crested at 10.34 feet at 5:30 AM before falling back below flood stage at 6:59 AM also on the 30th.
Read the full account →Light to moderate rain associated with a warm front late on April 10 was preceded by several days of above freezing temperatures and melting snow. On April 11 a cluster of thunderstorms moved west to east across northern New York during the early morning hours.
Read the full account →Additional rain on already saturated soil caused road washouts and one bridge closure in Saratoga County. In the Town of Halfmoon the Hudson River Road was washed out.
Read the full account →Additional rain on already saturated soil caused road washouts and one bridge closure in Saratoga County. In the Town of Halfmoon the Hudson River Road was washed out.
Read the full account →Rainfall and mild temperatures set the stage for the formation of ice jams along the Great Chazy River. Flooding of low lands and some roads were reported in the village of Champlain, and a few homes were evacuated.
Read the full account →Elmira on the Chemung River went over its flood stage of 12 feet at 5:49 AM on November 30th. The river crested at 12.47 feet at 8:30 AM before falling back below flood stage at 12:19 PM also on the 30th.
Read the full account →Western New York was on the fringe of a large coastal storm that brought major flooding over New England. Rainfall amounts averaged about an inch over the Tonawanda Creek basin which caused the creek at Rapids to exceed its 12 foot flood stage and crest at 13.0 feet at 10 PM EST…
Read the full account →A slow moving warm front bought numerous showers and thunderstorms to the area. The slow movement of the storms produced isolated areas of heavy rainfall, with areas of flash flooding.
Read the full account →An area of weak low pressure over New England and New York combined with a moist unstable airmass resulted in evening and late night thunderstorms Thursday (June 25th) into early Friday (June 26th) with locally torrential downpours.
Read the full account →An area of weak low pressure over New England and New York combined with a moist unstable airmass resulted in evening and late night thunderstorms Thursday (June 25th) into early Friday (June 26th) with locally torrential downpours.
Read the full account →Several areas of weakening convection moved through the area during the morning. Following this, debris clouds slowly eroded and allowed moderate instability to develop.
Read the full account →Weak flow at all levels was present for Independence Day with weak upper level ridging across the mid-Atlantic and a weak trough across Ohio. Winds up to 700 mb were mainly less than 10 knots.
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