3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper level low pressure system moved slowly across southeast Ontario province. The associated surface low pressure system moved slowly across the province of Quebec, as the frontal system moved slowly across eastern New York state.
Read the full account →The northeast US was impacted by 2 weather systems on September 16th and 17th. A storm moved northeast along a frontal boundary, from the Ohio valley on the 16th and passed across northern New York the morning of the 17th.
Read the full account →A warm front stretching across the region focused heavy rain over the counties along the south shore of Lake Ontario. Two to four inches fell across Orleans and Monroe counties with over five inches over a portion of Wayne and northern Cayuga counties.
Read the full account →Strong winds following the passage of a cold front caused the Lake Erie water level to substantially rise from Ripley to Buffalo. The high water levels and waves to twelve to sixteen feet resulted in erosion of the lake shore and significant flooding at the extreme eastern end…
Read the full account →The flash flooding and flooding that occurred during the morning of August 4th was the result of two rounds of heavy rainfall. The first heavy rainfall event occurred during the afternoon and evening hours of August 2nd, with another bout of heavy rainfall that occurred during…
Read the full account →From January 8 to January 12, the Hudson River flooded from its headwaters to where it crosses into Greene and Columbia Counties, due to a combination of significant rain and snowmelt.
Read the full account →Localized thunderstorms early in the morning of the 8th dropped three to five inches of rain across parts of Erie, Genesee, Wyoming and Livingston counties. Over five inches fell in just a few hours over much of Wyoming county.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. By the time the river fell below flood stage most of the snow had melted.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. By the time the river fell below flood stage most of the snow had melted.
Read the full account →A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition snowmelt was causing elevated river flows before the rain started late on the 27th. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 2 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. By the time the river fell below flood stage most of the snow had melted.
Read the full account →A cold front moves across a marginally unstable air mass during the afternoon of June 28th developing thunderstorms in the Adirondacks that eventually moved into the Champlain Valley.
Read the full account →A shield of moderate to heavy rainfall, associated with the remnants of tropical cyclone Ida, moved from the DelMarVa peninsula to New England.
Read the full account →A shield of moderate to heavy rainfall, associated with the remnants of tropical cyclone Ida, moved from the DelMarVa peninsula to New England.
Read the full account →A shield of moderate to heavy rainfall, associated with the remnants of tropical cyclone Ida, moved from the DelMarVa peninsula to New England.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong storm system, tapping into above normal moisture sources across the Great Lakes and Northeast, triggered multiple heavy rain producing thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →Warm and humid air was in place across the region as a slow moving frontal system drifted into central New York. An upper level disturbance passed over the frontal boundary during the afternoon, triggering numerous torrential rain producing 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 →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 →While a slow moving cold front eased south across southern Ontario, a 30-mile wide band of showers and thunderstorms developed over Western New York. Initially the thunderstorms produced heavy rains.
Read the full account →Near record winter snow pack and ice on area creeks underwent a slow melt during the first half of the month. A rapid warm-up followed and resulted in ice jams on Cazenovia and Buffalo Creeks.
Read the full account →Near record winter snow pack and ice on area creeks underwent a slow melt during the first half of the month. A rapid warm-up followed and resulted in ice jams on Cazenovia and Buffalo Creeks.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed and tracked along a stalled frontal boundary across Niagara and northern Erie counties. The slow moving thunderstorms produced intense rainfall with reports of five to eight inches in just a couple of hours.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front approached upstate New York from the Great Lakes on Tuesday, September 29th. Ahead of this front, a southerly flow out of the Gulf of Mexico allowed plenty of tropical moisture to surge into the region, with an unusually humid air mass in place for late…
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