3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead and along a cold frontal boundary resulted in widespread downed trees and wires and a few reports of flooding across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →A warm front ahead of a developing coastal low pressure system positions itself over the area late on December 17th and into December 18th. As the low pressure intensified and approached, significant amounts of moisture focused along the warm front ahead of the coastal low…
Read the full account →Snowmelt from an above normal snowpack and daytime high temperatures in the 50s and 60s on the 25th and 26th, combined with rainfall of a half to one inch early on the 26th to set the stage for a significant flood event across the region.
Read the full account →A cold front with a feed of rich moisture resulted in widespread moderate to heavy rain and a few instances of mainly road flooding from late in the afternoon on the 12th through early evening hours of the 12th.
Read the full account →A cold front with a feed of rich moisture resulted in widespread moderate to heavy rain and a few instances of mainly road flooding from late in the afternoon on the 12th through early evening hours of the 12th.
Read the full account →A cold front with a feed of rich moisture resulted in widespread moderate to heavy rain and a few instances of mainly road flooding from late in the afternoon on the 12th through early evening hours of the 12th.
Read the full account →A cold front with a feed of rich moisture resulted in widespread moderate to heavy rain and a few instances of mainly road flooding from late in the afternoon on the 12th through early evening hours of the 12th.
Read the full account →Heavy lake effect rain east of Lake Ontario caused flooding to occur in Oswego County. With cooler air aloft over the much warmer lake waters of Lake Ontario and with a vertically stacked low pressure system at the surface and mid-levels in place, a strong lake response…
Read the full account →A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead and along a cold frontal boundary resulted in widespread downed trees and wires and a few reports of flooding across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13, 2023.
Read the full account →A strong upper-level system brought widespread rounds of showers and thunderstorms to eastern New York on July 9-11, 2023. The steadiest and heaviest rainfall occurred during the afternoon hours on July 9, the early morning hours on July 10 and during the evening hours on July…
Read the full account →A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead and along a cold frontal boundary resulted in widespread downed trees and wires and a few reports of flooding across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13, 2023.
Read the full account →A strong upper-level system brought widespread rounds of showers and thunderstorms to eastern New York on July 9-11, 2023. The steadiest and heaviest rainfall occurred during the afternoon hours on July 9, the early morning hours on July 10 and during the evening hours on July…
Read the full account →A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead and along a cold frontal boundary resulted in widespread downed trees and wires and a few reports of flooding across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13, 2023.
Read the full account →A strong area of low pressure along the East Coast caused heavy rainfall as far west as the North Country. Heavy rain prompted the issuance of an areal flood warning for portions of Oswego and Lewis counties for general flooding with an emphasis on streams, creeks and rivers.
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