Flood, Northeast Clinton
- When
- April 9, 10:45 AM EST to April 11, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Clinton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in New York, April 9 to 11, 2001
An ice jam formed on the Great Chazy River in Clinton county of New York. There were reports of low land flooding and some roads blocked by water from Perry Mills to the Village of Champlain, NY.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
An ice jam formed on the Great Chazy River in Clinton county of New York. There were reports of low land flooding and some roads blocked by water from Perry Mills to the Village of Champlain, NY. At Perry Mills the river gage reached 10.8 feet on Wednesday, April 11th. The highest gaged water levels occurred from the late morning of Tuesday April 10th into the early night of April 10th. Water got into the basements of a few homes.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 9:25 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:25 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1025 AM EDT MON APR 9 2001 UPDATE SENT OUT. BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND ARRIVING 12Z GUIDANCE... HAVE INCLUDED LOW POP -SHRA FOR NRN NY ZONES LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE...LOTS OF CLDS THIS PM...SOME BRKS OF SUN ST LWR VLY AND SC VT. TEMPS MAINLY IN 40S...BUT 50S PARTS OF SC VT DUE SOME SUNSHINE. FLOOD WARNING RMNS UP FOR GREAT CHAZY RIVER AT PERRY MILLS AS LEVEL CONTINUES TO INCH TWRDS FLOOD STAGE. NO PROBLEMS WITH REST OF RIVERS ATTM. .BTV...FLW NYZ028-031 FOR GREAT CHAZY AT PERRY MILLS. RJS
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, April 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain in New York, April 9 to 10, 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: 5243766.