Flood, Lewis
- When
- April 13, 7:00 AM EST to April 16, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.785, -75.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in New York, April 13 to 16, 2001
Melting snow from spring thaws caused the Black River to exceed flood stage for 81 hours. The crest however was only one foot above the 10' flood stage.
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
- $50,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
Melting snow from spring thaws caused the Black River to exceed flood stage for 81 hours. The crest however was only one foot above the 10' flood stage. Several roads were closed in Lowville and Grieg. One basement flooded in Carthage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 13, 2:34 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:34 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 334 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2001 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES! EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN PROGRESS. 850 TEMPS TODAY WILL BE ABOUT 18 CELSIUS DEGREES COLDER THAN YESTERDAY. WILL BE LUCKY TO HIT 50 IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE CLOUDS WILL PREDOMINATE. WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ONLY FOR OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO INTO THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY. LIMITED ECHOES CURRENTLY NEAR THE THUMB OF MICHIGAN. EXPECT A FEW INTERVALS OF SUNSHINE OVER THE REST OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN TIER. SATELLITE INDICATING CLEARING OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT STILL IN PLACE. WITH A LITTLE MIXING LATER EXPECT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH CLEARING. SUNSHINE SATURDAY FOR AWHILE BUT INCREASING CLOUDS AS NEXT SHORT WAVE MOVES IN FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. WILL PUSH BACK THE TIMING OF THE THREAT OF SHOWERS UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. EASTER SUNDAY LOOKS GOOD FOR THE MOST PART BUT A THREAT OF SHOWERS LATE. COLD SPELL FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK STILL LOOKS LIKELY. MINUS 12C FORECAST AT 850 MB ON AVN! ZONES IN WORK FILE...ON THE STREET AT PRECISELY 340 AM. .BUF...FFW NYZ007>009 FOR BLACK RIVER BASIN AND TRIBUTARIES ( INTO SUNDAY. SAGE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, April 13, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 13 to 30, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 13 to 15, 2001
- Flooding in Missouri, April 13 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, April 13 to 30, 2001
- Flood in Connecticut, April 13 to 20, 2001
- Flood in Connecticut, April 13 to 21, 2001
- Flood in Vermont, April 13 to 15, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, April 13, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2001
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: 5239392.