Flash Flood, Albany
- When
- June 13, 2:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Albany County, Berne
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -73.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 13, 1996
On June 13, a very moist and unstable atmosphere was situated over eastern New York. This produced torrential rain from training thunderstorms which resulted in flash flooding at Berne in northwest Albany 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
- $200,000
- 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 13, a very moist and unstable atmosphere was situated over eastern New York. This produced torrential rain from training thunderstorms which resulted in flash flooding at Berne in northwest Albany County. Several roads were washed out during the late afternoon including: state route 443, state route 157A, Cole Hill Road, Irish Hill Road, Wolf Hill Road and Beaver Dam Road.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 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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- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 13, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 13, 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: 5561402.