Flash Flood, Yates
- When
- April 30, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yates County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, April 30, 1996
Showers and thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall to Yates County, with up to one and a half inches of rain reported in a few hours time. This resulted in flash flooding of many creeks and small streams throughout the county.
Where it happened
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- 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 BGM wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall to Yates County, with up to one and a half inches of rain reported in a few hours time. This resulted in flash flooding of many creeks and small streams throughout the county. The hardest hit areas were in Jerusalem where County Route 29 was flooded between Route 54A and Belknap Road, and also in Penn Yan where several roads were closed due to flooding.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 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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- High Wind in New York, April 30, 1996
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 30, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 30, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, April 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, April 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 30, 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: 5550753.