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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.

Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Broome, NY · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Broome, NY · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Tioga, NY · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cattaraugus, NY · Aug 15, 2020

A diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Erie, NY · Aug 15, 2020

A diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Erie, NY · Aug 15, 2020

A diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Erie, NY · Aug 15, 2020

A diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Erie, NY · Aug 15, 2020

A diffuse and weak mid-level trough drifted across the eastern Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening, with a weak inverted trough at the surface extending from the Middle Atlantic states into western New York.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Delaware, NY · Dec 25, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Delaware, NY · Dec 25, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cortland, NY · Dec 24, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Delaware, NY · Dec 25, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Delaware, NY · Dec 25, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Delaware, NY · Dec 25, 2020

A complex storm system moved from the Lower Mississippi valley to lower Ontario during this time period. Warm and moist air surged northward from the Gulf of Mexico bringing rain and temperatures in the lower 50s.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Erie, NY · Jun 2, 2020

A low level boundary pushed southeast ahead of an mesoscale convective system late in the afternoon. This boundary followed the passage of a warm front with effective shear values jumping to 50-60 knots as the low level boundary made its way across southern Ontario and into…

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Flood$1.0M damage

Franklin, NY · Apr 15, 2014

Snowmelt from a late season snowpack combined with heavy rain produced widespread flooding across northern New York. Four to six inches of water was released from the snowpack over April 10 to 15 when daytime highs reached the 60s and 70s, and overnight lows remained well above…

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Flood$100K damage

Oneida, NY · Jul 1, 2017

A tropical moisture laden air mass produced numerous showers and thunderstorms which traveled repeatedly over the same areas of the Finger Lakes Region and Upper Mohawk Valley.

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Lakeshore Flood$10K damage

Southern Erie, NY · Apr 13, 2020

Low pressure strengthened rapidly as it tracked from the mid-Mississippi River Valley across the central Great Lakes down to 972 hPa. In addition to a favorable track for high winds, 925 hPa winds increased to around 70 knots and mixed behind the front.

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Lakeshore Flood$10K damage

Northern Erie, NY · Apr 13, 2020

Low pressure strengthened rapidly as it tracked from the mid-Mississippi River Valley across the central Great Lakes down to 972 hPa. In addition to a favorable track for high winds, 925 hPa winds increased to around 70 knots and mixed behind the front.

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Lakeshore Flood$10K damage

Northern Erie, NY · Feb 27, 2020

Surface low pressure advanced from the Ohio Valley toward central New York. Model guidance waffled all over with the track of this system in the days before its arrival, eventually placing the low on a more southerly track.

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Lakeshore Flood$10K damage

Southern Erie, NY · Feb 27, 2020

Surface low pressure advanced from the Ohio Valley toward central New York. Model guidance waffled all over with the track of this system in the days before its arrival, eventually placing the low on a more southerly track.

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Lakeshore Flood$10K damage

Niagara, NY · Nov 15, 2020

A rapidly intensifying low pressure system advanced through the western Great Lakes and eventually spun up toward James Bay. This pushed a cold front across the area during the latter half of November 15.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Oneida, NY · Jul 19, 2021

A warm and humid airmass remained stagnant over Central New York on this day. A weak upper level disturbance moved through the region, triggering heavy rain producing thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Ontario, NY · Jun 20, 2019

Though the primary west to east oriented frontal boundary with upper 60s to low 70s dewpoints streaming into it remained south across Ohio and Pennsylvania, a deepening low pressure system crossing New York State and a very moist air mass resulted in a dynamic moisture-laden…

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