Flash Flood, Wyoming
- When
- May 12, 8:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming County, Wyoming
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.702, -78.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New York, May 12, 2000
Slow moving thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain on already saturated ground. In Wyoming County, Route 19 was closed while portions of Saltvale Road between Wyoming an d Warsaw was mud- and water-covered.
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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Slow moving thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain on already saturated ground. In Wyoming County, Route 19 was closed while portions of Saltvale Road between Wyoming an d Warsaw was mud- and water-covered. In Naples, Ontario County, Griesa Hill and Oakly Roads were flooded while Parish Road had its bank and shoulder washed out.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Ontario
- When
- May 12, 11:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ontario County, Naples
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.853, -77.300 (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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 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: 5147691, 5147692.