Flash Flood, Rensselaer
- When
- June 12, 10:00 PM EST to June 13, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rensselaer County, Schaghticoke
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 12 to 13, 1996
On June 12, a very moist and unstable atmosphere was situated over eastern New York. This resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding in northern Rensselaer 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
- $50,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
On June 12, a very moist and unstable atmosphere was situated over eastern New York. This resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding in northern Rensselaer County. Severe thunderstorms occurred in Fulton, Montgomery, Washington, Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties. The damage from the severe thunderstorms was a result of strong winds downing trees and power lines, with the exception of one inch hail reported at Rensselaer, in Rensselaer County. The storms were also accompanied by frequent lightning, which injured two people. In the Village of Schaghticoke in northern Rensselaer County, heavy rain from thunderstorms washed out several roads during the late evening.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, June 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 12, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 12, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5561401.