3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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.
Read the full account →An intense area of low pressure which was located over the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday morning January 19th produced unseasonably warm temperatures, high dewpoints and strong winds.
Read the full account →A warm frontal boundary lifted north and stalled across the lower Great Lakes which lead to a period of significant rainfall across the region between the 9th and 12th. The rainfall pushed many area streams and creeks in western New York above action stage.
Read the full account →From Friday morning November 8 to Saturday morning November 9, a slow moving low pressure system tracked from northern Pennsylvania to northern New York. This system dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain across much of the Catskills, which produced flooding in parts of Ulster County.
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 →On September 30th, an area of low pressure moved north through the mid Atlantic states. Southerly flow ahead of the low tapped into deep tropical moisture, including moisture associated with the dissipated remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole.||Heavy rain spread into Saint Lawrence…
Read the full account →On September 30th, an area of low pressure moved north through the mid Atlantic states. Southerly flow ahead of the low tapped into deep tropical moisture, including moisture associated with the dissipated remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole.||Heavy rain spread into Saint Lawrence…
Read the full account →A strong cold front crossed central New York bringing copious amounts of rain and high winds to the region. Rainfall amounts in excess of 5 inches fell in a narrow band across Sullivan county New York resulting in widespread flash flooding of small streams and tributaries in the…
Read the full account →Low pressure and a warm front moved out of the central US and across the northeast on January 11 and 12. Temperatures rose above freezing late on January 10, and rose to near 50 degrees during the day Saturday.
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 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 →Thunderstorms developed across the area as an upper level low was centered over the Great Lakes region. Storms developed rapidly along an outflow boundary from the Niagara Peninsula to Erie county.
Read the full account →Moist, unstable air ahead of an approaching cold front set off scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. The Lake Erie breeze served as focal point for initial severe convection that produced quarter sized hail over Wyoming County.
Read the full account →An area of training thunderstorms brought heavy rains first to portions of the Niagara Frontier during the early morning hours and then to parts of the northen Finger Lakes region later in the morning.
Read the full account →An area of training thunderstorms brought heavy rains first to portions of the Niagara Frontier during the early morning hours and then to parts of the northen Finger Lakes region later in the morning.
Read the full account →An area of training thunderstorms brought heavy rains first to portions of the Niagara Frontier during the early morning hours and then to parts of the northen Finger Lakes region later in the morning.
Read the full account →An area of training thunderstorms brought heavy rains first to portions of the Niagara Frontier during the early morning hours and then to parts of the northen Finger Lakes region later in the morning.
Read the full account →A general two and a half to three inches of rain fell in a two day period. The rain fell onto bare, already saturated ground. The rapid runoff caused Buffalo area creeks and streams to crest quickly.
Read the full account →On June 13, a very moist and unstable atmosphere was situated over eastern New York. This produced torrential rain from training thunderstorms which resulted in flash flooding at Berne in northwest Albany County.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved across Pennsylvania and spread showers and embedded thunderstorms across the western southern tier. In parts of Allegany County, two- to two-and-a-half-inches of rain fell in a short time period. In Cuba, Elm street was inundated by water and closed.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms crossed the area during the evening hours producing damaging winds and torrential rains. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in North Tonawanda and Lewiston. Power outages were scattered throughout Niagara and northern Erie Counties.
Read the full account →On the afternoon of June 27th, strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front slowly tracking northeast across the western New York area.
Read the full account →On the afternoon of June 27th, strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front slowly tracking northeast across the western New York area.
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