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 →A cold front, moving into a warm humid airmass, produced scattered thunderstorms across eastern New York on the afternoon of August 3. A couple of the storms became severe. Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees and wires down in the town of Arglye in Washington County.
Read the full account →A tropical airmass remained entrenched over eastern New York on August 11. Once again, scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed in this airmass and produced flooding rains. A first batch of storms produced flooding in Greene and Columbia counties during the afternoon hours.
Read the full account →For the third day in a row, scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed over the eastern Mohawk Valley of New York during the afternoon of August 5.
Read the full account →For the third day in a row, scattered slow moving thunderstorms developed over the eastern Mohawk Valley of New York during the afternoon of August 5.
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 →A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms with…
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms with…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms which crossed the area produced hail up to one inch in diameter and strong winds estimated to 60mph. The thunderstorms dropped heavy rain���as much as five inches in just a couple of hours���over parts of the region.
Read the full account →The river forecast point, Cooks Falls on the Beaver Kill, started rising the morning of the 24th. In 12 hours, the river rose over 7 feet to crest at 11.03 feet at 6:30 PM. Flood stage is 10 feet. Flooding was minor.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures starting on the 15th caused winter snow to melt. Overnight temperatures mainly in the 20s and 30s slowed the snowmelt down each night. The larger rivers began rising on the 17th.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures starting on the 15th caused winter snow to melt. Overnight temperatures mainly in the 20s and 30s slowed the snowmelt down each night. The larger rivers began rising on the 17th.
Read the full account →A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition, snowmelt was causing elevated river flows before the rain started late on the 27th. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.
Read the full account →A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition, snowmelt was causing elevated river flows before the rain started late on the 27th. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.
Read the full account →A storm system moved from the Ohio Valley on Saturday, April 23rd northeast across southern Quebec and northern New York on Sunday, April 24th. Rain spread across the area with total rainfall across Essex county of up to 2 inches. Rivers became swollen and eventually flooded.
Read the full account →The Susquehanna River at Waverly, New York and Sayre, Pennsylvania went above its flood stage of 11 feet during the evening of the 25th, crested at 12.52 feet at 8:30 AM EST on the 26th, then fell back below flood stage midday on the 27th.
Read the full account →A powerful storm tracked northeast across Ontario and Quebec provinces on the 18th. Ahead of this storm, brisk south winds caused temperatures to rise into the 40s creating snow melt.
Read the full account →Minor flooding occurred at Conklin on the Susquehanna River from heavy rainfall as an intense area of low pressure tracked from southern Indiana Tuesday morning on the 17th, to northeast of Lake Huron on the morning of the 18th and through eastern Canada Wednesday afternoon and…
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 →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 →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 →Low pressure moved from the lower Great Lake across Pennsylvania into eastern New York. The low brought soaking rains of one to two inches to a large portion of the area.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved from the lower Great Lake across Pennsylvania into eastern New York. The low brought soaking rains of one to two inches to a large portion of the area.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved from the lower Great Lake across Pennsylvania into eastern New York. The low brought soaking rains of one to two inches to a large portion of the area.
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