3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow.
Read the full account →An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow.
Read the full account →An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds. This resulted in rapid melting of one to three feet of snow.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 3 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, river levels were elevated due to a previous storm March 28th and snowmelt. By the time the river fell below flood stage most of the snow had melted.
Read the full account →Record flooding occurred at Sherburne on the Chenango River. At the peak of the flooding, there was three feet of water on Main Street in Sherburne. The river reached the flood stage of 8 feet June 27th at 7:35 PM EDT.
Read the full account →The Susquehanna River rose to the flood stage of 15.5 feet Tuesday June 27th at 9:45 pm EDT. The river continued to rise above the moderate inundation stage of 18.5 feet Tuesday June 27th at 11:46 pm EDT.
Read the full account →The Susquehanna River in Binghamton is estimated to have crested at 25.0 feet Wednesday June 28th, 11:00 AM EDT. The top of the flood walls protecting downtown Binghamton are at 25.6 feet. The Susquehanna River lapped over the top of these flood walls.
Read the full account →Several neighborhoods in Owego became virtual islands during this flood. The Susquehanna River at Owego rose above the flood stage of 30 feet June 28th at 4:30 AM EDT. Moderate flooding (32 feet) began June 28th, at 7:30 AM EDT.
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 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 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 →Thunderstorms blossomed along a strong and nearly stationary lake breeze boundary that stretched from the Chautauqua Ridge to the Eastern Lake Ontario Region. A cluster of storms trained over central Wyoming county.
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 →After a frigid end of December and beginning of January, an unseasonably warm airmass was pumped into New York on January 12th on southerly winds. The temperatures reached the 50s and 60s during the day.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into a warm frontal zone located over Central New York by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms crossed the area during the early morning hours. The thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds which downed trees and power lines.
Read the full account →The combination of a slow moving cold front approaching from the west, and an abundantly moist and warm air mass in place, led to the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York and western New England during Wednesday afternoon and evening on July…
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