3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A warm front helped to focus the remnants of tropical cyclone Beryl which brought steady rainfall and embedded thunderstorms to the region. A cold front then brought a second round of thunderstorms in the evening.
Read the full account →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.
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 →Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across parts of the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. Training thunderstorms dropped upwards of four inches of rain across northern Livingston County in about an hour.
Read the full account →A low pressure system, moving slowly through the Great Lakes, pushed cold front into Central New York. This frontal boundary became stationary over the area, and was followed by an area of rapidly deepening low pressure moving north along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains.
Read the full account →A passing upper-level disturbance amid a warm and humid air mass led to scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region. Some of these storms became severe, producing wind damage across parts of Dutchess County.
Read the full account →A complex area of low pressure lifted across New York and then stalled near Quebec. The low brought periods of rain with embedded heavier showers and thunderstorms.
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 →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…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary, coupled with an extremely warm and humid environment, produced another day of slow moving, torrential downpour producing thunderstorms over Central New York. Approximately, 1 to 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary, coupled with an extremely warm and humid environment, produced another day of slow moving, torrential downpour producing thunderstorms over Central New York. Approximately, 1 to 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary, coupled with an extremely warm and humid environment, produced another day of slow moving, torrential downpour producing thunderstorms over Central New York. Approximately, 1 to 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time.
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 →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary supported scattered thunderstorms across Central New York. Ahead of the front, an unstable environment triggered rounds of repeating, heavy rain producing thunderstorms that moved over the same areas.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure tracked across New York and New England during the late night of Friday (June 26) and morning of Saturday (June 27). Extensive flooding occurred, especially in the eastern half of the county.Many rivers flooded, especially the Saranac, Ausable, Little…
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north across western New York during the morning ushering in an extremely moist air mass. Showers and thunderstorms began to develop during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A persistent area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a nearly stationary warm front intensified during the afternoon hours. The storms brought flooding to areas already hit by heavy rains in the overnight and morning hours in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties as well…
Read the full account →A persistent area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a nearly stationary warm front intensified during the afternoon hours. The storms brought flooding to areas already hit by heavy rains in the overnight and morning hours in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties as well…
Read the full account →A persistent area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a nearly stationary warm front intensified during the afternoon hours. The storms brought flooding to areas already hit by heavy rains in the overnight and morning hours in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties as well…
Read the full account →A persistent area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a nearly stationary warm front intensified during the afternoon hours. The storms brought flooding to areas already hit by heavy rains in the overnight and morning hours in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties as well…
Read the full account →A slow moving area of low pressure traveled southwest to northeast across northern New York on June 10 to 11, producing a swath of rainfall in excess of 3 inches over northern Franklin County and western Clinton County.
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