Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- May 13, 11:25 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Webster
- Property damage
- $135,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New York, May 13, 2000
A second round of thunderstorms cross the area during the early afternoon hours. The heavy rains that fell on already saturated ground resulted in flash flooding in Monroe and Wayne Counties.
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
- $185,000
- 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.
A second round of thunderstorms cross the area during the early afternoon hours. The heavy rains that fell on already saturated ground resulted in flash flooding in Monroe and Wayne Counties. In Webster, for example, four to six inches of water covered Schlegel Road. Road closures were common in the area for several hours.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:25 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Wayne
- When
- May 13, 11:25 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Palmyra
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.066, -76.978 (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 Wildfire in Virginia, May 13 to 14, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, May 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, May 13, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, May 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 13, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 13, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 13, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, May 13 to 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 13, 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: 5149622, 5149623.