Flash Flood, Livingston
- When
- June 13, 4:15 PM EST to 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Livingston County, Conesus
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.728, -77.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New York, June 13, 1998
Thunderstorms crossed the western Finger Lakes during the early evening hours dropping several inches of rain in less than an hour. The heavy rains flooded roads forcing closures throughout Livingston and Monroe counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms crossed the western Finger Lakes during the early evening hours dropping several inches of rain in less than an hour. The heavy rains flooded roads forcing closures throughout Livingston and Monroe counties. Farmers fields in Geneseo, Piffard and Leicester were covered with water.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- June 13, 5:30 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Chili Center
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.165, -77.636 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Tornado in Kansas, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 13 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 13, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, June 13 to 22, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in District of Columbia, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 1998
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: 5657030, 5657031.