Flood, Western Ulster
- When
- January 27, 12:30 PM EST to January 28, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches of rain across parts of the Catskills. This amount of rainfall on already saturated soil brought many small streams out of their banks across Ulster 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
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 ALY wrote it up.
A low pressure system over the upper Great Lakes produced a general rainfall of one to two inches across eastern New York with up to three inches of rain across parts of the Catskills. This amount of rainfall on already saturated soil brought many small streams out of their banks across Ulster County. The Wallkill River, Rondout Creek and Esopus Creek also flooded in Ulster County. Evacuations occurred along the Esopus Creek and route 28 was closed between Phoenicia and Mount Tremper. Along the Rondout Creek at Eddyville flooding was widespread and severe. Numerous roads were washed out across the county and the Towns of Shandaken and Hardenburgh declared a local state of emergency.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Eastern Ulster
- When
- January 27, 12:30 PM EST to January 28, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 27, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5553615, 5553616.