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New York Flood Stories

3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Rockland, NY · Apr 7, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rockland, NY · Apr 7, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rockland, NY · Apr 7, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rockland, NY · Apr 7, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Essex, NY · Jun 25, 1998

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.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Otsego, NY · Jun 22, 2011

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.

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Flood$20K damage

Eastern Essex, NY · Dec 2, 1996

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.

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Flood

Southerwestern St. Lawrence, NY · Jan 18, 2006

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Bronx, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

New York, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Bronx, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Westchester, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flash Flood

Suffolk, NY · Jul 18, 2022

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.

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Flood

Lewis, NY · Oct 31, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Essex, NY · Mar 30, 1998

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.

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Flash Flood

Queens, NY · Jul 17, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood

Queens, NY · Jul 17, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood

Queens, NY · Jul 17, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood

Nassau, NY · Jul 17, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Sullivan, NY · Jul 8, 2010

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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