3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A strong storm system brought strong winds, heavy rainfall, flooding and high elevation wet snow to eastern New York from the afternoon hours on January 9 into the early morning hours on January 10, 2024.
Read the full account →A strong storm system brought strong winds, heavy rainfall, flooding and high elevation wet snow to eastern New York from the afternoon hours on January 9 into the early morning hours on January 10, 2024.
Read the full account →A strong storm system brought strong winds, heavy rainfall, flooding and high elevation wet snow to eastern New York from the afternoon hours on January 9 into the early morning hours on January 10, 2024.
Read the full account →A moisture rich, strong low pressure system brought rain, heavy, wet, high elevation snow and gusty winds to eastern New York from Saturday, March 9 through Monday, March 11, 2024.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms impacted eastern New York on July 24, 2024 as a result of the passing of an upper-level disturbance. A couple of thunderstorms became severe in nature, producing severe wind gusts that contributed to several reports of tree and wire damage in…
Read the full account →On July 10, 2024, most of western and central New York were impacted by the remnants of tropical cyclone Beryl. The event brought every type of warm season severe hazard, including 10 tornadoes across the entire state, numerous reports of wind damage, hail and significant flash…
Read the full account →A deep and moisture rich storm system tracked across western New York on the night of Thursday April 11th and into the morning on Friday April 12th. Periods of steady and at times heavy rain fell across portions of the area, especially western New York.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →The second of three days of hot and humid conditions continued across eastern New York on July 16, 2024. Heat index (feels-like temperatures) reached 95 to 104 degrees across much of the Mohawk and Hudson valleys.||During the afternoon hours, a strong upper level disturbance…
Read the full account →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.
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 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 →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 →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 →Thunderstorms rolled across the Niagara Peninsula and then along the Lake Ontario shore counties. Only small hail was reported with the storms, however the storms produced hurricane-force winds.
Read the full account →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 →An upper level low pressure system moved slowly northeast from central Pennsylvania into east central New York State during Monday, August 11th.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure slowly moved across the region bringing rainfall amounts of up to two inches in some areas. The heavy rains produced localized flash floods which flooded some homes and roads.
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