New York, 1996

Flash Flood in New York, November 9, 1996

November 9, 1996 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong cold front moved slowly across New York State Friday and Friday night (11/8/96) and across Vermont Saturday (11/9/96). Many streams and rivers reached bankful late Friday night with extensive flooding developing in the predawn hours of Saturday.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$23 million
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 BTV wrote it up.

A strong cold front moved slowly across New York State Friday and Friday night (11/8/96) and across Vermont Saturday (11/9/96). Periods of heavy rain resulted Friday afternoon into Saturday morning due to a series of weak low pressure systems moving north along the front combining with topographical effects.Many streams and rivers reached bankful late Friday night with extensive flooding developing in the predawn hours of Saturday. Several rivers exceeded record levels. Flood waters continued into Sunday although rivers began to recede late Saturday and Saturday night.Many roads and bridges were damaged or washed out across Clinton and Essex counties of New York. In Franklin County, New York a number of roads were damaged due to flood waters with mainly field flooding in St. Lawrence County.A few storm total rainfall reports included:Peru NY (Clinton County).............6.01 inchesRaybrook NY (Essex County)...........4.15 inchesMalone NY (Franklin County)..........4.20 inchesSo. Colton NY (St Lawrence County)...4.37 inches

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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Clinton

When
November 9, 4:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Clinton County, Countywide
Property damage
$23 million
Coordinates
44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575527.