New York, 2001

Flood in New York, April 9 to 10, 2001

April 9 to 10, 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
$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 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 9, 8:30 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:30 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
930 AM EDT MON APR 9 2001

UPDATED WORK ZONES OUT.

.DISC...WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATE FOR FOLLOWING REASON...

1) TO REMOVE MENTION OF ANY FOG (STILL REPORTING IT AT KGFL AND
KPOU...SO WL PLAN FOR A 10AM LAUNCH).

ALY RAOB LOOKS AS IF WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO REACH 60 LOCALLY. IF
WE DO IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN 156 DAYS! IF WE CAN MIX THE
INVERSION COMPLETlELY OUT...WE WOULD BE TALKING CLOSER TO 70 BUT I
THINK MOST FOLKS WOULD SETTLE FOR 60 ABOUT NOW. LOOKS AS IF TEMPS
WILL SOAR WELL INTO THE 60S FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY.

.ALB...NONE.

HWJIV

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Southern Herkimer

When
April 9, 12:00 PM EST to April 10, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms, along with rapidly melting snow, caused the Mohawk River to quickly rise above the 403 foot flood stage at Utica on April 9. The river crested at 407.3 feet later that day, then receded to below the flood level late on the 10th. The Mohawk River exceeded flood stage at the Little Falls gauge in Herkimer County, where it rose to 15.8 feet, nearly a foot above the flood stage. The flooding caused problems at the Canal Corporation in Utica, which took on 3 to 4 feet of water. Watertight barrels were placed around the plant to protect it. Employers, at the Canal Corporation, had to use boats to get from the plant to their cars.

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.

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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: 5239469.