Flash Flood in New York, November 28, 2004

Name: Flash Flood in New York, November 28, 2004
Start: 2004-11-28T13:45
End: 2004-11-28T14:45
Location: New York

November 28, 2004 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

On November 28th, a strong low pressure system moved through the region, bringing heavy rains to most of the area. 5 inches of rainfall.

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 ALY wrote it up.

On November 28th, a strong low pressure system moved through the region, bringing heavy rains to most of the area. The heaviest rain fell over the Catskills, where over 4 inches of rain was locally estimated by radar, while the region between Southern Washington County and the Sacandaga reservoir received between 2 and 3.5 inches of rainfall. In addition, heavy rains fell over much of the Upper Mohawk Basin. Minor flooding was reported in several towns along the Hudson River and Esopus Creek, but any damage associated with it was confined to temporary roadway closures.High winds also accompanied the heavy rains, and there were widespread power outages across the region, with Niagara Mohawk reporting peak outages of approximately 8,000 customers in the eastern portions of New York State.

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 Nov 27, 2:40 PM EST, 23 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 2:40 PM EST, 23 hours 5 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Herkimer

When: November 28, 1:45 PM EST to 2:45 PM EST
Where: Herkimer County, Frankfort
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water across Route 5S in Frankfort.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, November 2004

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5425762.