Flash Flood, Cattaraugus
- When
- July 29, 8:15 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus County, Salamanca
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
Torrential rains caused destructive flash flooding during the afternoon and evening hours. Over three inches of rain fell in less than a couple of hours.
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
- $1.0 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 BUF wrote it up.
Torrential rains caused destructive flash flooding during the afternoon and evening hours. Over three inches of rain fell in less than a couple of hours. A mudslide closed portions of Interstate 86 (formerly Route 17) for several hours. Over forty basements were flooded. Roads were washed away including the Parkway Drive Extension.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 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
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 2000
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, July 29, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2000
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: 5163506.