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New York Flood Stories

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

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Albany, NY · Aug 9, 2024

On August 9, 2024, remnants of Tropical Storm Debby impacted eastern New York, bringing periods of heavy rain and gusty winds. Total rainfall accumulations generally ranged from about 1-4 with several instances of flash flooding in the Capital District and isolated instances in…

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Steuben, NY · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Central New York ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Steuben, NY · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Central New York ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Flash Flood

Steuben, NY · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Central New York ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Flash Flood

Erie, NY · Aug 5, 2024

A cold front slowly dropping south across Lake Ontario stalled near/along the south shore of Lake Ontario. As the front approached the Western New York area, shear and instability increased.

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Allegany, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Allegany, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Ontario, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Wayne, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Oswego, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Oswego, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Oswego, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Jefferson, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Jefferson, NY · Aug 9, 2024

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby tracked northeast across Central New York on Friday August 9. As the system tracked across the region, heavy rain pushed into parts of the forecast area, with the heaviest rain falling over the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes and up to the…

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Sep 21, 2024

Showers moved into the western New York area on the afternoon of Saturday September 21st. With shortwave trough over the area and within a northwest flow regime, along with around 1,500 J/kg of surface based CAPE thunderstorms developed within the showers.

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Allegany, NY · Sep 21, 2024

Showers moved into the western New York area on the afternoon of Saturday September 21st. With shortwave trough over the area and within a northwest flow regime, along with around 1,500 J/kg of surface based CAPE thunderstorms developed within the showers.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Sep 21, 2024

Showers moved into the western New York area on the afternoon of Saturday September 21st. With shortwave trough over the area and within a northwest flow regime, along with around 1,500 J/kg of surface based CAPE thunderstorms developed within the showers.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Sep 21, 2024

Showers moved into the western New York area on the afternoon of Saturday September 21st. With shortwave trough over the area and within a northwest flow regime, along with around 1,500 J/kg of surface based CAPE thunderstorms developed within the showers.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, NY · Sep 21, 2024

Showers moved into the western New York area on the afternoon of Saturday September 21st. With shortwave trough over the area and within a northwest flow regime, along with around 1,500 J/kg of surface based CAPE thunderstorms developed within the showers.

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