3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 dropped between two- and two-and-a-half-inches of rain across parts of the Genesee valley and western southern tier.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms dropped between two- and two-and-a-half-inches of rain across parts of the Genesee valley and western southern tier.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms dropped between two- and two-and-a-half-inches of rain across parts of the Genesee valley and western southern tier.
Read the full account →From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York. This system dumped 4 inches of rain across much of Schoharie County between late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
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 →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 low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches of rain across parts of the Catskills.
Read the full account →A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches of rain across parts of the Catskills.
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 →Warm temperatures melted the snowpack from record snowfall in late December and early January. Nearly two feet of ripe snowpack dissolved to just a few inches remaining.
Read the full account →Western and central New York were inundated by drenching rains as the remnants of hurricane Frances drifted north across the region on Thursday September 9th.
Read the full account →Western and central New York were inundated by drenching rains as the remnants of hurricane Frances drifted north across the region on Thursday September 9th.
Read the full account →Low pressure off the Delmarva Peninsula on October 14th intensified rapidly into a strong Nor'easter as it moved across southeast Massachusetts into the Gulf of Maine on the 15th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over the northern Finger Lakes along a lake breeze in a warm humid air mass. The thunderstorms produce damaging winds which downed trees and power lines. These were reported in Shelby Center, Fairport, Pittsford, Macedon, Palmyra, Newark and Lyons.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over the northern Finger Lakes along a lake breeze in a warm humid air mass. The thunderstorms produce damaging winds which downed trees and power lines. These were reported in Shelby Center, Fairport, Pittsford, Macedon, Palmyra, Newark and Lyons.
Read the full account →Near record flooding occurred at Greene on the Chenango River. The current record at Greene is 22.0 feet set July 8, 1935. The river rose to the flood stage of 13 feet June 28th, 12:00 AM EDT. The river rose to the moderate flood level of 17 feet June 28th at 5:00 AM EDT.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms repeatedly moved along a warm front in the vicinity of the Finger Lakes region. Radar rainfall estimates indicated a narrow band of 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the central portion of Yates and Seneca counties.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved northeast from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes and strengthened. Heavy rain moved into upstate New York late in the evening on the 10th, and continued into the overnight hours on the 11th.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved northeast from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes and strengthened. Heavy rain moved into upstate New York late in the evening on the 10th, and continued into the overnight hours on the 11th.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms moving through Central New York set up along a west to east corridor across the middle portion of Broome county. These storms produced incredible rainfall rates in excess of 4 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms moving through Central New York set up along a west to east corridor across the middle portion of Broome county. These storms produced incredible rainfall rates in excess of 4 inches per hour.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure tracked across New York and New England during the late night of Friday (June 26) and morning of Saturday (June 27). Extensive flooding occurred, especially in the northern half of the county.A State of Emergency was declared, as numerous roads and…
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