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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.

Coastal Flood1 death

Northern Westchester, NY · Dec 6, 1996

A strong low pressure system developed just off the DELMARVA Coast early Friday morning and moved slowly northeast. It passed south of Long Island during the late morning before moving east of Long Island Friday afternoon.It produced heavy rain, strong gusty winds, and minor…

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Flood1 death

Albany, NY · Apr 16, 2007

Low pressure developed over the lower Mississippi Valley on Saturday April 14th, and then moved northeast while intensifying, reaching the southern Appalachians by Sunday morning, April 15th, and then just south of western Long Island by Monday morning, April 16th.

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Flood1 death

Westchester, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Irene made landfall locally as a tropical storm around 900 am EDT August 28, 2011 over New York City. Irene then moved across Southeast New York and Western Connecticut before dissipating over Northern New England near the Canadian Border later that evening.

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Flash Flood1 death

Montgomery, NY · Jun 28, 2013

After several weeks of very wet weather, the ground across the region was already quite saturated due to recent flooding. This made the region susceptible to additional flooding.||An unusually strong area of low pressure for late June moved from central Pennsylvania…

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Coastal Flood1 death

Northwest Suffolk, NY · Oct 29, 2012

Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22.

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Coastal Flood1 death

Southeast Suffolk, NY · Oct 28, 2012

Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22.

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Flash Flood1 death

Albany, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene tracked north northeast across eastern New York and western New England during Sunday, August 28th, producing widespread flooding, and damaging winds across the region.||Irene tracked from a position over New York City around 8 AM EST Sunday, to…

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Flash Flood1 death

Montgomery, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene tracked north northeast across eastern New York and western New England during Sunday, August 28th, producing widespread flooding, and damaging winds across the region.||Irene tracked from a position over New York City around 8 AM EST Sunday, to…

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Flash Flood1 death

Greene, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene tracked north northeast across eastern New York and western New England during Sunday, August 28th, producing widespread flooding, and damaging winds across the region.||Irene tracked from a position over New York City around 8 AM EST Sunday, to…

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Flood1 death

Greene, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene tracked north northeast across eastern New York and western New England during Sunday, August 28th, producing widespread flooding, and damaging winds across the region.||Irene tracked from a position over New York City around 8 AM EST Sunday, to…

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Storm Surge/Tide1 death

Bronx, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Irene made landfall locally as a tropical storm around 900 am August 28, 2011 over New York City. Irene then moved across Southeastern New York and Western Connecticut before dissipating over Northern New England near the Canadian Border the evening of August 28.

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Tropical Storm1 death

Northern Nassau, NY · Aug 28, 2011

As Hurricane Irene moved north along the Atlantic coast and interacted with land, it weakened and made its second landfall as a Tropical Storm near Little Egg Inlet along the southeast NJ Coast on August 28, 2011 around 5:35 am EDT.

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Coastal Flood1 death

Southern Westchester, NY · Mar 31, 1997

An intense low pressure system developed off the DELMARVA Coast during Monday morning. It moved slowly east-northeast, passing south of Long Island Monday afternoon and southeast of Cape Cod, MA during Tuesday morning, April 1st.Heavy rain developed Monday morning.

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Flash Flood1 death

Ulster, NY · Dec 17, 2000

A complex storm system began to evolve on Saturday December 16 across the Mississippi Valley. A surface low tracked north into the Eastern Great Lakes by December 17.

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Flood1 death

Orange, NY · Aug 28, 2011

Irene made landfall locally as a tropical storm around 900 am EDT August 28, 2011 over New York City. Irene then moved across Southeast New York and Western Connecticut before dissipating over Northern New England near the Canadian Border later that evening.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Jun 12, 2012

A slow moving cold front was crossing the lower Great Lakes late in the afternoon while a moisture rich airmass sat across Western New York. Thunderstorms developed along what appeared to be a lake breeze boundary ahead of the surface cold front.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Clinton, NY · Jul 2, 2023

Several rounds of torrential, convective rainfall affected portions of west central Clinton, and eastern Franklin Counties during the early morning and afternoon hours of July 2, 2023.

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Tropical Storm$7.1M damage

Kings (brooklyn), NY · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias' intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as its forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The…

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Flash Flood$35.0M damage

Steuben, NY · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Central New York ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Flash Flood$30.0M damage

Steuben, NY · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Central New York ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Broome, NY · Nov 16, 2006

A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms with…

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Flash Flood$92.6M damage

Westchester, NY · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood$60.0M damage

Kings, NY · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flash Flood$60.0M damage

New York, NY · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread southeast New York during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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