Flash Flood, Otsego
- When
- June 8, 5:35 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego County, Edmeston
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
Thunderstorms dumped over two and a half inches of rain across northern Otsego County, which caused many small streams and creeks to rise out of their banks. In the town of Edmeston, several roads were washed out including parts of County Routes 20 and 80, and Pleasant Road.
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
- $25,000
- 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.
Thunderstorms dumped over two and a half inches of rain across northern Otsego County, which caused many small streams and creeks to rise out of their banks. In the town of Edmeston, several roads were washed out including parts of County Routes 20 and 80, and Pleasant Road. Flooding was also reported in the town of Burlington, where a mobile home was washed away, and in Exeter Center where several roads were closed.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 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 Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 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: 5568409.