Flash Flood, Rensselaer
- When
- July 16, 10:20 PM EST to July 17, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rensselaer County, Petersburg
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, July 16 to 17, 2000
In the wake of the July 15 rainstorm, the air mass remained very humid and unstable across eastern New York. Widely scattered thunderstorms developed late on July 16.
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
- $35,000
- 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.
In the wake of the July 15 rainstorm, the air mass remained very humid and unstable across eastern New York. Widely scattered thunderstorms developed late on July 16. Most of these were in Rensselaer county and produced addtional heavy rainfall. Torrential thunderstorm rains produced flooding in the town of Petersburg with some secondary roads reported washed out.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:20 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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- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
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: 5165236.