Flash Flood, Orange
- When
- September 1, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Cornwall
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, September 1, 2000
Slow moving thunderstorms produced periods of torrential rain that caused flash flooding of many low-lying and poor drainage areas in Cornwall. NWS radar estimated a 3 to 4 inch rainfall, which began around 3:50 pm EDT and ended around 6:50 pm.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced periods of torrential rain that caused flash flooding of many low-lying and poor drainage areas in Cornwall. NWS radar estimated a 3 to 4 inch rainfall, which began around 3:50 pm EDT and ended around 6:50 pm. Staff from The Times Herald Record reported significant serious street flooding along with some basement flooding in Cornwall. A spotter from New Windsor, about 5 miles north of Cornwall, measured 2.75 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Heat in Texas, September 1 to 6, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, September 1 to 3, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, September 1 to 3, 2000
- Drought in Nebraska, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, September 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Drought in Kansas, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Kansas, September 1 to 25, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, September 1 to 12, 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: 5157183.