Flood in New York, April 16 to 30, 2001

Name: Flood in New York, April 16 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-04-16T11:30
End: 2001-04-30T23:59
Location: New York

April 16 to 30, 2001 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
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 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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 16, 3:40 AM EST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:40 AM EST, 7 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
440 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001

.DISC...VRY DFFCLT FCST IN TERMS OF PCPN TYPE AND TRRN INFLUENCE.
THANKS TO NCEP...NERFC...BGM AND OKX FOR COOR.

.SHORT TERM...FRST S/W EXITING OFF MID ATLC CST AND GRDLY PULLING
LOW LVL MSTR AWAY FM FA WITH IT. CLRG WORKING FM NE TO SW ACRS
FA...BUT SKIES WL BE SLOW TO CLR ACRS SE PTN OF FA. WL WRD FCST AS
PRTLY SUNNY XPCT MSTLY CLDY SE. TMPS WL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER
THAN ON SUN.

.LONG TERM...COMPLEX SCENARIO WITH STG CUTOFF LOW AT H5 DIVING INTO
PA TNGHT AND ASCTD SFC LOW MOVG SLOWLY ACRS NE PA AND SE NY ON TUE.
MDLS GNRLY IN GOOD AGRMNT ALTHOUGH ETA APPEARS TO HLD ONTO TOO MCH
QPF LATE TUE NGHT. MDLS ARE WRMR TNGHT THAN PRVS RUNS WHICH WL RAISE
SNW LVLS SLIGHTLY. MAIN AREA OF PCPN WL BE CONFINED TO AREA FM MHWK
VLY S IN NY AND ACRS BERKS AND LITHCFIELD CTY IN WRN NEW ENG. QPF
AMTS IN THIS AREA MAY RCH 0.75 TO JST OVR AN INCH. FREEZING LVLS
DROP FM 3 KFT AT 06Z TUE TO 2 KFT AT 12Z TUE AND RMN BTWN 2 KFT AND
2.5 KFT MCH OF THE DAY TUE BFR LWRG TO BLW 2 KFT TUE EVNG AND
DROPPING TO VLY FLOOR BTWN 06Z AND 12Z WED. H10-H8 MSTR CONV MAXS
ACRS ERN CTSKLS AT 18Z TUE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH H10-H5 UVV
WHICH RMNS STG THRU 18Z ACRS THIS AREA BFR MOVG NE AND WKNG BY 00Z.
H8 TTL DEFORMATION AXIS RUNS FM ERN CTKLS THRU SRN TACONICS...BERKS
AND LITCHFIELD HILLS AT 18Z AND THEN WKNS BY 00Z AS IT SHIFTS E.
BULK OF ACTVTY SHLD BE OVR BY LATE EVNG. WL ISSUE A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR THE HIGHEST ELEV OF THE ERN CATSKILLS NYZ058-063 FOR LATE
TNGHT INTO TUE NGHT. MST OF THE TERRAIN IN THESE ZONES IS ABV 1500
FT WITH MANY MTNS IN 2500 TO 4000 FT RNG. ACRS RMNDR OF HIER TRRN WL
CALL FOR A MIX OF PCPN ON TUE WITH SVRL INCHES OF SNW PSBL. FOR VLY
LCTNS XPCT MAINLY RAIN WITH SOME SNW MIXING IN LATE IN THE
DAY.

.ALY...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGH3T NYZ058-063.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Warren

When: April 16, 11:30 AM EST to April 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The runoff from rapid snowmelt, caused the Schroon River in Warren County to rise out of its banks around midday, on April 16th. The gage at Riverbank reached the flood stage of 7.0 feet at that time. The river continued to swell, and did not crest until the gauge reached 10.1 feet, early on April 24. This was the highest level recorded in 50 years. Portions of Route 413 became inundated, as did many homes in the towns of Chester, Pottersville, Horicon and Warrensburg. A number of residents had to be evacuated and a few bridges were closed. After the 24th, the river slowly receded, but remained above flood stage for the remainder of the month.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5239468.