3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Torrential record rainfall, which caused serious widespread urban, small stream, and river flooding, preceded the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed over Western Suffolk County of Long Island from 7 pm to 9 pm on September 16th.Death: In Rockland County, a 53-year old…
Read the full account →Above normal moisture laying across Central New York combined with an area of low pressure moving over Lake Ontario to produce numerous rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms during the afternoon.
Read the full account →A warm, very humid air mass had been over eastern New York and adjacent western New England duringthe weekend. On Monday, June 13, the remnant of tropical storm Arlene was over the central Great Lakesshortly after daybreak.
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 significant severe weather outbreak developed across central New York as a storm system moved east from the Great Lakes. First, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the evening on the 27th, as an upper level disturbance approached the region.
Read the full account →A warm front during the morning of the 15th brought a soaking rainfall across the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. During the afternoon hours thunderstorms developed along the Lake Erie lake breeze.
Read the full account →A warm front during the morning of the 15th brought a soaking rainfall across the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. During the afternoon hours thunderstorms developed along the Lake Erie lake breeze.
Read the full account →A convective complex moved across Western New York late in the morning. This produced a quick 2 to 4 inches of rain which covered a significant portion of the region and resulted in flash flooding that impacted the Buffalo metro area, the Boston/Wyoming hills and parts of the…
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 →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 →Snowmelt from an above normal snowpack and daytime high temperatures in the 50s and 60s on the 25th and 26th, combined with rainfall of a half to one inch early on the 26th to set the stage for a significant flood event across the region.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms brought one to three inches of rain to the area in just a couple of hours. This resulted in ponding of water on area roadways. Several roads were closed by flood waters. Several basements were reported flooded in Alden.
Read the full account →An ice jam formed in the Little Salmon River in Fort Covington in January and remained in place through February. In late February the combination of record warmth, rainfall, and rapid snow melt caused significant rises on the little Salmon River which was already jammed from…
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 cold front swept through Central New York, kicking off numerous thunderstorms. An unstable environment favored scattered severe thunderstorms with torrential rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →A cold front swept through Central New York, kicking off numerous thunderstorms. An unstable environment favored scattered severe thunderstorms with torrential rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →A cold front swept through Central New York, kicking off numerous thunderstorms. An unstable environment favored scattered severe thunderstorms with torrential rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →A very moist air mass moved over the Mohawk Valley and Southern Catskills during the afternoon on July 14. A cold front stalled to the west of the region. This scenario allowed for a cluster of thunderstorms to develop.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms dumped three to four inches of rain in less than an hour on parts of Ontario county. The Town of Naples was hardest hit. Many roads were washed out. Others were covered with up to three feet of debris and gravel and were impassable.
Read the full account →A warm and humid airmass was in place over central New York on this day. A cold front entered western New York during the afternoon, triggering a line of slow moving thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A warm front positioned over Northeast Pennsylvania acted as the focus for several rounds of late night and early morning thunderstorm activity in the area.
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 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.
Read the full account →A stalled warm front was the focus for heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms which trained across the western Southern tier. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches in just a few hours resulted in flash flooding across the region. Roads and culverts were washed out.
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