3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
On July 3 thunderstorms broke out in warm unstable air ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some storms trained over southeast Franklin County and southwest Clinton County New York, producing two to 3 inches of rain in less than 3 hours.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed over southwest Niagara and northern Erie counties with successive training on either side of Tonawanda Creek.
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 surface low with its associated warm front approached the area early in the morning before partially lifting through. This boundary provided the focus for very heavy rain in an extremely moist air mass and resulted in historic flash flooding on Long Island.
Read the full account →A surface low as well as upper atmospheric energy traveled along a quasi-stationary boundary across northern New York during the afternoon of May 27th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms slowly moved across the Finger Lakes region producing heavy rains. Reports of up to three inches of rain were received. Flash flooding occurred near Reed Corners on Route 63 at Parker Hill Road, near PreEmption on County Road near Route 6, and in Geneva on Route 14.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms slowly moved across the Finger Lakes region producing heavy rains. Reports of up to three inches of rain were received. Flash flooding occurred near Reed Corners on Route 63 at Parker Hill Road, near PreEmption on County Road near Route 6, and in Geneva on Route 14.
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 →An unstable airmass remained in place across the area Wednesday, July 1st. A strong upper level low over the Great Lakes Region with disturbances rotating about it triggered numerous thunderstorms across eastern New York during the afternoon and early evening hours, some of…
Read the full account →An unstable airmass remained in place across the area Wednesday, July 1st. A strong upper level low over the Great Lakes Region with disturbances rotating about it triggered numerous thunderstorms across eastern New York during the afternoon and early evening hours, some of…
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 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 →Thunderstorms during the late morning and early afternoon hours produced downburst winds to 60 mph. The winds downed trees and power lines in West Falls (Erie county), Constantia (Oswego county) and Turin (Lewis county).
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the late morning and early afternoon hours produced downburst winds to 60 mph. The winds downed trees and power lines in West Falls (Erie county), Constantia (Oswego county) and Turin (Lewis 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 →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 →Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and high winds from northeast Pennsylvania to the Catskill Mountains of New York from Saturday evening the 27th to Sunday afternoon the 28th.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and high winds from northeast Pennsylvania to the Catskill Mountains of New York from Saturday evening the 27th to Sunday afternoon the 28th.
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 →A significant severe weather outbreak developed across central New York as a storm system moved east from the Great Lakes. First, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the evening on the 27th, as an upper level disturbance approached the region.
Read the full account →A slow moving warm front pushed northward across central New York late in the afternoon on April 25th. A warm and relatively moist air mass covered the region, with showers and storms developing, especially in the unstable air south of the frontal boundary, where breaks in the…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary remained over the area which produced multiple rounds of torrential rainfall form heavy thunderstorms from July 9th through July 10th.
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