3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A cold front moving through the area brought multiple rounds of rain on April 7th. The front approached and a low pressure system developed over the area resulting in moderate to heavy rain over the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
Read the full account →A cold front moving through the area brought multiple rounds of rain on April 7th. The front approached and a low pressure system developed over the area resulting in moderate to heavy rain over the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
Read the full account →A cold front moving through the area brought multiple rounds of rain on April 7th. The front approached and a low pressure system developed over the area resulting in moderate to heavy rain over the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
Read the full account →A cold front moving through the area brought multiple rounds of rain on April 7th. The front approached and a low pressure system developed over the area resulting in moderate to heavy rain over the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.
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 →Showers and thunderstorms developed in the warm sector south of a warm front. These storms were slow moving and produced heavy rainfall. Isolated areas of flash flooding occurred across central New York.
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Ohio Valley Sunday December 1, 1996 passing through the eastern Great Lakes Sunday night and into Canada on Monday December 2, 1996. Generally 1 to 3 inches of rain fell across northern New York.
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 →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed in the warm sector of a frontal system on July 18th, 2022. These thunderstorms developed in an environment with 2 to 2.3 inch PWAT values and CAPE near 3000 J/kg.
Read the full account →While a large and powerful storm system rolled toward the state, a low-topped convective event unfolded. Overhead, 65 knots of flow was present as this convective line crossed the North Country.
Read the full account →Unseasonably warm weather resulted in dramatic snowmelt with rapid rises on rivers the last few days of March. In addition, showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours moved across the area on the 30th enhancing the runoff into area rivers.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in a sub-tropical environment ahead of the remnants of Post Tropical Cyclone Barry, resulting in flash flooding across portions of New York City and Long Island.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in a sub-tropical environment ahead of the remnants of Post Tropical Cyclone Barry, resulting in flash flooding across portions of New York City and Long Island.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in a sub-tropical environment ahead of the remnants of Post Tropical Cyclone Barry, resulting in flash flooding across portions of New York City and Long Island.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in a sub-tropical environment ahead of the remnants of Post Tropical Cyclone Barry, resulting in flash flooding across portions of New York City and Long Island.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the higher terrain of the western Catskills as an upper level disturbance moved through the Saint Lawrence River valley.
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