3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rain along a slow moving cold front produced flooding across parts of the Genesee River valley and Finger Lakes region. Rainfall amounts of two to three inches fell on already rain-soaked soils. Honeoye Creek reached crested at 5.63 feet, a moderate flood.
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 →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 →A strong cold front moved across the region during the afternoon and evening hours. A line of thunderstorms just ahead of the front produced damaging winds that downed trees and wires across western New York through the Finger Lakes Region as well as areas east of Lake Ontario.
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 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 →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 →On Friday October 18th, a strong low pressure system developed on a cold front over the DelMarVa Peninsula. With a high pressure system in place across Northern New England, the low intensified and moved slowly off the Southern New Jersey Coast on Saturday, the 19th.East winds…
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Floyd moved up the eastern seaboard on September 16 and during the early hours on September 17. The storm brought both high winds and exceptionally heavy rainfall to eastern New York, which included a large swath of 3 to 6 inch amounts.
Read the full account →Several rounds of strong to severe storms developed during the morning and early afternoon hours ahead of an approaching cold front.. Storms first developed along a line from the east end of Lake Erie to the west end of Lake Ontario shifting south and east through the morning…
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 →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 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 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.
Read the full account →Weak low pressure systems embedded in a hot and humid airmass over the region contributed to several rounds of heavy rain-producing thunderstorm activity.
Read the full account →A line of showers and thunderstorms crossed the area during the evening hours. The thunderstorms were accompanied by strong winds, large hail and intense rains. The winds downed trees and wires on Whig hill and one inch hall fell in Scio.
Read the full account →On Friday October 18th, a strong low pressure system developed on a cold front over the DelMarVa Peninsula. With a high pressure system in place across Northern New England, the low intensified and moved slowly off the Southern New Jersey Coast on Saturday, the 19th.East winds…
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 →An organized area of thunderstorms developed over the northern Great Lakes in association with an upper level disturbance and warm front. The thunderstorms moved southeast into a warm, humid and unstable airmass, entering the southern Tug Hill Plateau and western Mohawk Valley…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed moved across the region from west to east as a cold front approached. In Pavilion, a lighting strike from one of the storms started a house fire on Shepard Road.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms moved across the southern tier during the late evening dropping two to three inches of rain in three to four hours. Shortly after, another round of storms crossed the same area bringing additional rain that resulted in flash flooding.
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