3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An area of low pressure developed in the Ohio valley on May 12. This storm, loaded with moisture, very slowly moved into the Saint Lawrence Valley by May 14. A swath of rainfall between 2 and 3 inches fell in about a 36 hour period.
Read the full account →Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.
Read the full account →Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.
Read the full account →Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.
Read the full account →Deep low pressure over Pennsylvania brought copious amounts of precipitation to western and central New York...falling mainly as rain across much of the area. Rainfalls totals generally ranged from two to three inches. The rain, combined with snowmelt, produced flooding.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system moved slowly across southeast Ontario province into northern New York State. The associated surface low pressure system drifted across northern New York during the morning and northwest Vermont in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system moved slowly across southeast Ontario province into northern New York State. The associated surface low pressure system drifted across northern New York during the morning and northwest Vermont in the afternoon.
Read the full account →On the morning of the 26th...a deep upper atmospheric trough was located across the Mississippi River Valley, while a quasi-stationary warm front was across the Champlain Valley.
Read the full account →A deep low moved into the Great Lakes Region resulting in a dramatic warm-up into the 50s and over an inch of soaking rain. This unleashed snowmelt of the 4 to 7 inch snowpack, with lower elevations of the Niagara Frontier bare by late in the day.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →Saturated ground, snowmelt from warm weather and additional rainfall resulted in ideal conditions for spring flooding. Thirteen of the area river and creek forecast points exceeded flood stage.
Read the full account →A warming trend started on the 12th, with daytime temperatures in the 40s, that eventually moderated into the 50s by the 14th and 15th. In addition, a quarter to half inch of rain fell along a stationary boundary on the 14th and 15th.
Read the full account →A warming trend started on the 12th, with daytime temperatures in the 40s, that eventually moderated into the 50s by the 14th and 15th. In addition, a quarter to half inch of rain fell along a stationary boundary on the 14th and 15th.
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 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 →A large area of rain showers and embedded thunderstorms brought heavy rains to areas of the Tug Hill Plateau during the late afternoon and evening hours of Sunday the 22nd. Volunteer observers reported rainfall totals of four to five inches.
Read the full account →An approaching low pressure system from the southwest, spread warm, above freezing air over the region on January 24th and 25th. Rain moved into northern New York on the morning of January 25th and continued through the day.
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