3,560 first-hand accounts of flood events in New York, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Warm temperatures melted the snowpack from record snowfall in late December and early January. Nearly two feet of ripe snowpack dissolved to just a few inches remaining.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed over the DelMarVa Peninsula by early on June 6. This storm tracked up the coast and became a full-blown nor'easter.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed over the DelMarVa Peninsula by early on June 6. This storm tracked up the coast and became a full-blown nor'easter.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across eastern New York during the afternoon of September 2. With a tropical air mass in place, the thunderstorms produced very heavy rain. One cell became briefly severe as it moved across Saratoga County.
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 →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 →Heavy rains and thunderstorms crossed the southern tier late Saturday the 8th and early Sunday the 9th. Up to three inches of rain fell in less than two hours. Basements were flooded in Jamestown, Olean and Allegany.
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 →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 →As low pressure moved east from the western Great lakes, the remains of Tropical Storm Barry moved northeast from the Carolinas. Severe thunderstorms developed along a lake breeze over Niagara County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms preceded and accompanied a cold front moving across the region during the late morning and afternoon hours. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Damage was reported in Silver Creek, Busti, and Hanover.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms quickly developed along lake breeze boundaries during the mid afternoon in a strong unstable environment. An isolated storm over Wayne County produced three-quarter inch hail in Newark.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure slowly moved across the region bringing rainfall amounts of up to two inches in some areas. The heavy rains produced localized flash floods which flooded some homes and roads.
Read the full account →From January 8 to January 10, the Hoosic River in northern Rensselaer and southern Washington Counties flooded, due to a combination of significant rain and snowmelt. The river crested approximately one foot over flood stage at Eagle Bridge during the morning of January 9.
Read the full account →From January 8 to January 12, the Hudson River flooded from its headwaters to where it crosses into Greene and Columbia Counties, due to a combination of significant rain and snowmelt.
Read the full account →Warm temperatures melted the snowpack from record snowfall in late December and early January. Nearly two feet of ripe snowpack dissolved to just a few inches remaining.
Read the full account →Warm temperatures melted the snowpack from record snowfall in late December and early January. Nearly two feet of ripe snowpack dissolved to just a few inches remaining.
Read the full account →A large scale storm system crossed the region on January 31st-February 1st bringing precipitation amounts of two to three inches to the region. The heavy rains on bare, saturated ground caused area creeks to rise with several exceeding flood stage.
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 →Tropical low pressure raced north from the Carolinas to New York State and brought copious amounts of rain to the eastern Finger Lakes and eastern Lake Ontario regions. Rainfall amounts of three to four-and-a-half inches were widespread across the area.
Read the full account →The combination of an intensifying low pressure system moving northward along the east coast and high pressure off the New England and mid Atlantic Coast created a very strong pressure gradient across the region.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved across Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada on the 9th, while its associated occluded frontal boundaries moved across northern New York during the late morning through early evening hours.
Read the full account →On the afternoon of June 5th, showers and thunderstorms developed along a cold front slowly crossing the Buffalo forecast area. Some of these thunderstorms became severe causing large hail.
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