Flash Flood, Essex
- When
- September 17, 5:15 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Lake Placid
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, September 17, 1999
The Mill Pond Dam in the Lake Placid area broke around 515 AM EST (615 AM EDT) with flooding of the Chubb River. some road flooding occurred during the morning in the North Elba area.
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
- $10,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
The Mill Pond Dam in the Lake Placid area broke around 515 AM EST (615 AM EDT) with flooding of the Chubb River. Elsewhere in Essex county NY...some road flooding occurred during the morning in the North Elba area.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:13 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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- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in New York, September 17, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 17, 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5721388.