Flash Flood, Cattaraugus
- When
- April 12, 8:49 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus County, Freedom
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, April 12, 1996
Strong thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain in a short amount of time. The flash floods closed roads and flooded basements.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BUF wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain in a short amount of time. The flash floods closed roads and flooded basements. In Freedom, Rte. 98 was closed.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 12, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5545967.