3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Western and central New York was drenched with unprecedented January rainfalls over a 36 hour period. All of the region received between two and four inches of rain...rain which fell on bare, saturated ground.
Read the full account →Western and central New York was drenched with unprecedented January rainfalls over a 36 hour period. All of the region received between two and four inches of rain...rain which fell on bare, saturated ground.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 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 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 →Slow-moving thunderstorms erupted within a very tropical airmass over southern Saratoga county during the afternoon of August 2. Storms not only moved slowly, but redeveloped over the same region and produced very heavy amounts of rainfall in a short period of time.
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 →Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the western southern tier and parts of the Finger Lakes region. Between 2.5 and 3.0 inches fell in less than four hours onto already saturated ground.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed over the western southern tier and parts of the Finger Lakes region. Between 2.5 and 3.0 inches fell in less than four hours onto already saturated ground.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across eastern New York during the afternoon of September 2. With a tropical air mass in place, the thunderstorms produced very heavy rain. One cell became briefly severe as it moved across Saratoga County.
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 →Isolated thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of August 10 over Dutchess and Ulster counties. These storms were slow moving and prolific rainmakers.
Read the full account →For the fourth straight day, torrential rains from slow moving thunderstorms brought more flooding to the Mohawk Valley on the afternoon of August 6. This time Herkimer County took on the chin as up to 4 inches of rain fell between Mohawk and Ilion.
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms erupted during the evening hours of August 3, in the Catskills. The storms were nearly stationary and, with a tropical air mass in place, produced exceptionally heavy rainfall in a short time.
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms erupted during the evening hours of August 3, in the Catskills. The storms were nearly stationary and, with a tropical air mass in place, produced exceptionally heavy rainfall in a short time.
Read the full account →A tropical air mass remained in place over eastern New York on August 3. With a strong disturbance over the Great Lakes adding weak lift to a very unstable atmosphere, scattered slow moving showers and thunderstorms erupted during the afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Low pressure, the remains of Hurricane Arlene, moved northeast across the Great Lakes. The bands of showers and thunderstorms produced damage across parts of the Niagara Frontier and Finger Lakes.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms rolled across the area during the evening and early overnight hours. The storms produced up to five inches of rain in some areas. Centerline, Maxon and Humphrey Roads in Wyoming County were closed because of damage and erosion of their shoulders.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced two to two and a half inches of rain in an hour over parts of Livingston and Monroe counties. Creeks overflowed, and roads and homes flooded. The basements of the Town Hall and Courthouse in Livonia were flooded with five feet of water.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in a unseasonably hot and humid airmass during the late afternoon and early evening hours. The storms downed trees and power lines in Rochester, Lockport, Evans, Batavia, Orchard Park and Spencerport.
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