3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms containing torrential rainfall developed within a warm, humid and considerably unstable environment across upstate NY during the mid to late evening hours.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy thunderstorms developed over the area on the afternoon of August 6th. A slow moving frontal system stalled out over the area.
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 →A weak upper low pressure system drifted across a warm, moist and unstable airmass across northern New York during the early afternoon of the 28th.
Read the full account →A powerful cold front moved across eastern New York late on June 2. The air mass was very unstable ahead of the cold front. A very strong jet stream aloft moved ahead of the surface cold front.
Read the full account →A strong cold front produced a line of showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York on the morning of September 23. One of the cells became severe as it moved into Dutchess 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 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 →Nearly three inches of rain fell at the Rochester airport with slightly higher amounts reported over the southern suburbs. Urban flooding resulted in Rochester, Pittsford and Penfield.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes to Quebec and a cold front brought a period of strong downslope winds along Lake Erie over far southwest New York during the daytime hours on the 25th.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes to Quebec and a cold front brought a period of strong downslope winds along Lake Erie over far southwest New York during the daytime hours on the 25th.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes to Quebec and a cold front brought a period of strong downslope winds along Lake Erie over far southwest New York during the daytime hours on the 25th.
Read the full account →Rain combined with warm temperatures to produce ice jam flooding along Cazenovia Creek in West Seneca and Buffalo. The initial jam formed in the Parkside Drive/Willowdale Drive area of West Seneca.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms that developed in an unstable air mass during the afternoon hours were enhanced by lake breezes. A thunderstorm over Chautauqua County produced downburst winds estimated near 60 mph that downed trees and power lines in Findley Lake.
Read the full account →An area of training thunderstorms brought heavy rains first to portions of the Niagara Frontier during the early morning hours and then to parts of the northen Finger Lakes region later in the morning.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front allowed for widespread thunderstorm development on June 30th. MUCAPE values of 2000-3000 J/kg with PWATs near 2 allowed for thunderstorms to produce heavy rainfall with rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →A warm and unstable environment ahead of an approaching cold front supported the development of scattered thunderstorms. Weak steering winds contributed to slow moving storms repeating over the same areas which contributed to areas of heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
Read the full account →A warm and unstable environment ahead of an approaching cold front supported the development of scattered thunderstorms. Weak steering winds contributed to slow moving storms repeating over the same areas which contributed to areas of heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure shifted northeast through the eastern Great Lakes on January 13, 2024, sending a warm front through during the morning hours, followed quickly by a cold front.
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