3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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…
Read the full account →Low pressure over the central Plains rapidly deepened as it moved into the central Great Lakes, ending up as a 970 mb low over western Quebec. A strong cold front trailing the low sliced through western New York trailing it and ushering in very gusty winds.
Read the full account →A strengthening low pressure system moving from Ohio to Lake Ontario drew anomalous warmth and moisture northward on Halloween, with temperatures surging into the 60s and 70s over eastern New York and western New England.
Read the full account →A wet and windy storm moved across Canada and NY on Christmas Eve and Christmas. Temperatures were in the 50s, melting any existing snowpack and rainfall was 1 to 2 inches across much of the region with localized 3 inches in portions of Essex county.
Read the full account →A slow moving warm front pushed northward across central New York late in the afternoon on April 25th. A warm and relatively moist air mass covered the region, with showers and storms developing, especially in the unstable air south of the frontal boundary, where breaks in the…
Read the full account →Torrential rain producing thunderstorms moved slowly through the Finger Lakes region to the Upper Mohawk Valley. Extreme rainfall rates produced rain amounts in excess of 2 inches within 45 to 90 minutes.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled across New York and northern Pennsylvania, providing the focus for repeating clusters of thunderstorms in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier NY regions.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled across New York and northern Pennsylvania, providing the focus for repeating clusters of thunderstorms in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier NY regions.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled across New York and northern Pennsylvania, providing the focus for repeating clusters of thunderstorms in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier NY regions.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled across New York and northern Pennsylvania, providing the focus for repeating clusters of thunderstorms in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier NY regions.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved northeast through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River valley, bringing a plume of deep moisture into Central New York. Rain, with embedded bands of thunderstorms, developed ahead of the low pressure area during the day of 31 October.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved northeast through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River valley, bringing a plume of deep moisture into Central New York. Rain, with embedded bands of thunderstorms, developed ahead of the low pressure area during the day of 31 October.
Read the full account →Slow moving low pressure, combined with an unstable and moist environment over upstate New York contributed to several more rounds of torrential rain producing thunderstorms in the area.
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 →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.
Read the full account →A low pressure system developed in the Gulf Of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it moved north to northeast. The low passed over the Appalachian Mountains and moved slowly west of the local area during Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into central New York during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into central New York during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.
Read the full account →A stationary front poised in the vicinity of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania was the focus for very warm and moist atmospheric conditions across the region.
Read the full account →The month of April began on a wet note following a wet March. Several areas creeks reached flood stage. Irondequoit Creek in Monroe county peaked at 9.44 feet at 9:45 AM EST on the 7th.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms repeatedly moved along a warm front in the vicinity of the Finger Lakes region. Radar rainfall estimates indicated a narrow band of 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the central portion of Yates and Seneca counties.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms repeatedly moved along a warm front in the vicinity of the Finger Lakes region. Radar rainfall estimates indicated a narrow band of 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the central portion of Yates and Seneca counties.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed within a highly unstable atmosphere across most of western New York. Thunderstorms developed as an outflow boundary from upstream convection moved into western New York.
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