3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →A slow moving cold front moving into a moisture rich environment over south central New York triggered several rounds of heavy rain producing thunderstorms across the region.
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 had high flows due to a previous rainstorm 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 cold front approaching from southern Ontario triggered numerous thunderstorms across central New York. These storms produced areas of 2 to 4 inches of rainfall over a short period of time.
Read the full account →A soaking rain fell on the 9th-10th and resulted in minor flooding along the Allegheny River in Olean and Salamanca. Some flooding of low-lying agricultural land occurred as well as some minor flooding of roads along the river near Olean.
Read the full account →A soaking rain fell on the 9th-10th and resulted in minor flooding along the Allegheny River in Olean and Salamanca. Some flooding of low-lying agricultural land occurred as well as some minor flooding of roads along the river near Olean.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →On March 5th, an active storm system developed and moved across the Gulf coast states. This storm produced severe weather, including deadly tornadoes along the Gulf coast and major flooding across the Tennessee River Valley.
Read the full account →An upper level trough widespread showers over northern New York county as an stationary band developed across west-central Saint Lawrence that produced flash flooding.
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 nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped about three inches of rain over Little Valley in Cattaraugus county in a little over an hour���s time. Many streets were closed ��� some with over two feet of water over them ��� virtually shutting down the village.
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 →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 →Two more clusters of thunderstorms developed over the Great Lakes during the predawn hours on July 4. These storms took a very similar track to the previous storms that affected portions of the Mohawk Valley and northern Catskill region the evening of July 3.
Read the full account →Heavy rains and thunderstorms crossed the southern tier late Saturday the 8th and early Sunday the 9th. Up to three inches of rain fell in less than two hours. Basements were flooded in Jamestown, Olean and Allegany.
Read the full account →A warmup at the end of Feburary, began melting the winter snowpack fairly quickly and helped break up an extensive ice pack on the upper Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. As a result, ice jams developed on the Mohawk and Hudson rivers.
Read the full account →A major thaw and additional rainfall resulted in rapid snowmelt and runoff resulting in several area creeks exceeding their flood stage. Two to five inches of water in the snowpack quickly melted as temperatures climbed into the upper 50s and 60s.
Read the full account →A frontal system moved east from the Ohio Valley and spread a steady rain across western New York. Rainfall totals of three to four inches resulted in not only flooding on major rivers but road flooding was reported throughout Cattaraugus County.
Read the full account →Rapid snowmelt of 1-2 feet of snow combined with heavy rainfall of over two inches to produce significant flooding. Nearly four hundred homes were damaged by flood waters. There were road closures and evacuations in Wellsville.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms dropped torrential rains on parts of the Niagara Frontier and Western Southern Tier. As much as three inches of rain fell in a short time, flooding roads and viaducts in Depew, Lancaster, Kenmore and Olean.
Read the full account →A narrow band of rain persisted from Lake Ontario across Wayne and northern Cayuga counties and remained through early afternoon. Later that afternoon an isolated thunderstorm produced flash floods and wind damage in Warsaw, Wyoming county.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.
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