3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A frontal boundary stalled to the south of the ALY County Warning Area, in tandem with several mid- and upper-level disturbances generated widespread heavy rainfall and scattered thunderstorms across eastern New York on June 6 and 7.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary stalled to the south of the ALY County Warning Area, in tandem with several mid- and upper-level disturbances generated widespread heavy rainfall and scattered thunderstorms across eastern New York on June 6 and 7.
Read the full account →A slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 1 to 4 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. All towns were affected in the county by flash flooding.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across the Great Lakes and interacted with a warm and humid air mass over central New York being drawn northward from Hurricane Arthur.
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 slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley brought 1 to 3 inches of rain on April 2nd and 3rd. Before this storm, the rivers and streams had high flows due to a previous rainstorm March 28th and snowmelt. All towns were affected in the county by flash flooding.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a warm front. A severe thunderstorm over Chautauqua County produced winds that downed trees and power lines at the Chautauqua Institute and just east of Kennedy.
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 →Showers and thunderstorms developed in tropical moisture feeding along a stationary boundary. Record rainfall in May and June saturated the ground and elevated water levels in rivers and streams, making the region vulnerable to flooding.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a warm, moist air mass. The slow moving storms produced heavy rain across a portion of the western southern tier.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a warm, moist air mass. The slow moving storms produced heavy rain across a portion of the western southern tier.
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 →A warm front surged into central New York during the late afternoon and evening hours. This front triggered areas of slow moving, torrential rain producing, thunderstorms over portions of the region.
Read the full account →A warm front surged into central New York during the late afternoon and evening hours. This front triggered areas of slow moving, torrential rain producing, thunderstorms over portions of the region.
Read the full account →A potent warm front crossed eastern New York early on Saturday May 13. Thunderstorms erupted along the front. While these were not severe, they produced heavy rainfall and some lightning damage.
Read the full account →A complex area of low pressure moved from the Great Lakes to the Northeast United States triggering numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →Rainfall of one to 1.5 inches fell across the northern Adirondacks late on April 27 into the early morning hours of April 28. The region was had already experienced flooding from rain and snowmelt during prior days, and the additional rainfall renewed flood problems and created…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in warm, humid air as a cold front approached the region during the afternoon hours. The thunderstorms produced wind gusts measured to 52 knots. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Findley Lake, Clymer, Panama and Busti.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary across Niagara County resulted in training thunderstorms during the afternoon. The thunderstorms dropped almost four inches of rain resulting in flash flooding near Sanborn. Law enforcement reported Lockport and Eagle Chase Roads inundated and closed.
Read the full account →Isolated, nearly stationary thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall across portions of central New York. Locally heavy rain produced several areas of flash flooding on small streams and across roadways, including several mudslides near the border of Chenango and Otsego…
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 →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 →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 →An unusually strong low pressure system, for late July, descended from the Upper Great Lakes region across central New York. During the evening between July 27th and 28th, thunderstorm clusters formed in an excessively moist airmass ahead of a warm frontal boundary.
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