3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Over the weekend of June 12 through 14, a slow moving low pressure system just off the southern New England coast produced very heavy rains across much of the Catskills and eastern Mohawk Valley. Three day precipitation totals reached 8 to10 inches in some locations.
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 area of low pressure developed over the DelMarVa Peninsula by early on June 6. This storm tracked up the coast and became a full-blown nor'easter.
Read the full account →From January 8 to January 11, the Mohawk River flooded from the eastern Mohawk Valley to where the river flows into the Hudson River. The river crested 1.5 feet above flood stage at Little Falls in southern Herkimer County, 1.6 feet above flood stage at Schenectady and .4 feet…
Read the full account →A cold front moved into a warm and humid airmass on August 18th, sparking a line of showers and thunderstorms. These storms produced heavy rainfall, resulting in a report of flash flooding. Gusty winds with a thunderstorm resulted in a report of tree and powerline damage as well.
Read the full account →Torrential rains caused destructive flash flooding during the afternoon and evening hours. Over three inches of rain fell in less than a couple of hours. A mudslide closed portions of Interstate 86 (formerly Route 17) for several hours. Over forty basements were flooded.
Read the full account →Warm and excessively moist air interacted with a weak disturbance drifting through central New York. Numerous thunderstorms erupted in the region with a concentration toward the western Finger Lakes region where torrential rainfall led to road washouts and other flash flooding…
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 →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 →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 →Western and central New York was drenched with unprecedented January rainfalls over a 36 hour period. All of the region received between two and four inches of rain...rain which fell on bare, saturated ground.
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 →An area of low pressure moved into the western Ohio Valley late January 24 and reached the eastern Great Lakes region by early on January 26. This low brought up to an inch of rain over portions of eastern New York.
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 →Mild weather Sunday through Monday resulted in a good deal of snowmelt with runoff into area rivers. Ice jams also formed especially on the Great Chazy River in and around Perry Mills and Champlain.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed over the DelMarVa Peninsula by early on June 6. This storm tracked up the coast and became a full-blown nor'easter.
Read the full account →A very moist air mass moved over the Mohawk Valley and Southern Catskills during the afternoon on July 14. A cold front stalled to the west of the region. This scenario allowed for a cluster of thunderstorms to develop.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms crossed the western southern tier and genesee valley during the evening hours. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Thousands were without electricity.
Read the full account →A tropical airmass remained entrenched over eastern New York on August 11. Once again, scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed in this airmass and produced flooding rains. A first batch of storms produced flooding in Greene and Columbia counties during the afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A humid airmass was in place with dew points around 70 on the afternoon of July 17th. The remnants of tropical depression Dennis moved off the mid-Atlantic coast, with tropical air across the eastern US. Winds aloft were weak, thus thunderstorms were slow movers in our area.
Read the full account →As low pressure moved east from the western Great lakes, the remains of Tropical Storm Barry moved northeast from the Carolinas. Severe thunderstorms developed along a lake breeze over Niagara County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms which crossed the area produced hail up to one inch in diameter and strong winds estimated to 60mph. The thunderstorms dropped heavy rain���as much as five inches in just a couple of hours���over parts of the region.
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 soaking rain fell over the entire region on the 23rd, but a narrow band of two to four inches fell just south of Buffalo due to enhancement off Lake Erie. Local amounts of four inches were recorded in Hamburg and Orchard Park. A State of Emergency was declared in Blasdell.
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