3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Rain and melting snow swelled rivers and streams around Central New York during the first week in April. The Susquehanna River flooded in many areas with levels reaching moderate flood stage at Conklin and Vestal.
Read the full account →Rapid temperature warm ups occurred across the area coming out of below zero cold that ended January. Record high temperatures occurred on February 4, resulting in almost total snow melt off and ice break up on local rivers.
Read the full account →A stationary front along the southern periphery of the polar jet stream remained resident across Central New York for much of the day. This feature triggered numerous rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved across the Great Lakes bringing moist, unstable air to the region. Showers and thunderstorms developed along lake breeze boundaries and persisted through the late afternoon and evening hours across the western southern tier and western Finger Lakes Region.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and high winds from northeast Pennsylvania to the Catskill Mountains of New York from Saturday evening the 27th to Sunday afternoon the 28th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms trained across the southern tier during the late evening hours. This resulted in two- to two-and-a-half inches of rain in a narrow line extending from near Salamanca to Ellicottville. Numerous roads were inundated and/or closed.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours across the western sections of New York. Isolated thunderstorms produced damaging winds in Delevan and Jamestown where trees and wires were downed.
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 →Thunderstorms developed in a moderately unstable airmass along the lake breeze boundary that extended across the lower Genesee Valley and Western Finger Lakes. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and wires in Greece and Newark.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in a moderately unstable airmass along the lake breeze boundary that extended across the lower Genesee Valley and Western Finger Lakes. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and wires in Greece and Newark.
Read the full account →The combination of showers and thunderstorms in association with a slow moving cold front and deep tropical moisture moving up the east coast from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, produced a prolonged period of rainfall, which led to flooding across portions of the Lower…
Read the full account →A slow moving area of weak low pressure drifted across western and central New York producing areas of heavy rain producing thunderstorms across the Finger Lakes region.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed along the Lake Erie Lake Breeze. The rainfall rates peaked at four to five inches per hour as the storms neared Jamestown. Route 60 between Peck Settlement Road and Johns Place was closed due to flooding.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front brought heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. In Monroe county, the thunderstorms produced rainfall measured at near two inches in about twenty minutes. The heavy rains overwhelmed many storm systems in the Rochester area.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front brought heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Genesee Valley and Finger Lakes. In Monroe county, the thunderstorms produced rainfall measured at near two inches in about twenty minutes. The heavy rains overwhelmed many storm systems in the Rochester area.
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 →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 →With cold air in place along the surface, as a strong low pressure system moved northeast across the Great Lakes, a second low formed over the Mid-Atlantic States and moved northeast across Long Island during Sunday afternoon, January 3rd.A light intermittent mix of sleet and…
Read the full account →An intense storm moved from the eastern Gulf of Mexico across Western New York during the afternoon and evening hours focusing on the lower Cattaraugus Creek and Buffalo metro area.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rain that caused serious widespread flash flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas across a narrow band of west central Suffolk County.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the western southern tier and parts of the Finger Lakes region. Between 2.5 and 3.0 inches fell in less than four hours onto already saturated ground.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the western southern tier and parts of the Finger Lakes region. Between 2.5 and 3.0 inches fell in less than four hours onto already saturated ground.
Read the full account →A cold front stretching across the lower Great Lakes became nearly stationary. Occasional showers and thunderstorms persisted along the front during the late morning and early afternoon hours.
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