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3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$50K damage

Genesee, NY · Apr 3, 2005

Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.

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Flood$50K damage

Jefferson, NY · Apr 2, 2005

Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.

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Flood$50K damage

Jefferson, NY · Apr 3, 2005

Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.

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Flood$50K damage

Livingston, NY · Apr 3, 2005

Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.

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Flood$50K damage

Oneida, NY · Oct 20, 2006

Wet antecedent conditions and more heavy rain over a three day period led to major flooding on the Mohawk River at Utica. The Mohawk River at Utica crested at 407 feet above mean sea level which is 4 feet above flood stage.

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Flood$50K damage

Cattaraugus, NY · Mar 15, 2007

Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Mar 14, 2007

Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Dec 28, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Monroe, NY · Dec 28, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Dec 27, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Dec 27, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Genesee, NY · Dec 27, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Dec 28, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Monroe, NY · Dec 28, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Erie, NY · Dec 27, 2008

Rainfall of up to an inch and a quarter combined with unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s to melt a snowpack of four to eight inches which resulted in flooding on the creeks and streams of Western New York.|Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer crested above its 10��� flood…

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Flood$50K damage

Herkimer, NY · Aug 22, 2010

A slow moving low pressure system tracked eastward across the southern tier of New York State and northern Pennsylvania Sunday, August 22nd, during the afternoon and evening hours and passed south of Long Island Sunday night.||Six to 8 inches of rain occurred in a concentrated…

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Flash Flood$23K damage

Chenango, NY · Sep 7, 2011

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.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Sullivan, NY · Jul 3, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Clinton, NY · Jun 16, 2005

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.

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Flood$10K damage

Ontario, NY · Jun 13, 2013

A warm front associated with a low pressure system that moved across the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania resulted in a swath of one to two inches of rain from the Rochester metro area east to near Fulton.

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Flood$10K damage

Monroe, NY · Jun 13, 2013

A warm front associated with a low pressure system that moved across the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania resulted in a swath of one to two inches of rain from the Rochester metro area east to near Fulton.

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Flood$60K damage

Franklin, NY · Aug 22, 2010

A slow moving low pressure system moved from the eastern Great Lakes region across southern New York on the 22nd and 23rd, and interacted with very moist air across the portions of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cattaraugus, NY · Jun 12, 2012

A slow moving cold front was crossing the lower Great Lakes late in the afternoon while a moisture rich airmass sat across Western New York. Thunderstorms developed along what appeared to be a lake breeze boundary ahead of the surface cold front.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Allegany, NY · Jun 12, 2012

A slow moving cold front was crossing the lower Great Lakes late in the afternoon while a moisture rich airmass sat across Western New York. Thunderstorms developed along what appeared to be a lake breeze boundary ahead of the surface cold front.

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