Flash Flood, Essex
- When
- March 28, 3:20 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, March 28, 2000
A storm system moved across eastern New York Tuesday morning, March 28th and into northern Vermont Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. Steady rain and melting snow resulted in rising water levels on county rivers and streams.
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
- $1,000
- 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.
A storm system moved across eastern New York Tuesday morning, March 28th and into northern Vermont Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. Steady rain and melting snow resulted in rising water levels on county rivers and streams. Portions of the Ausable River, especially in and around AuSable New York, exceeded it's flood stage with flooding of fields reported. Flood stage at AuSable is 7 feet, and the river gage at AuSable reached 7.35 feet.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 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
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- Dense Fog in California, March 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 28 to 30, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 28, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 28, 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: 5138290.