1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Sep 18, 2:05 PM EST, 7 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 305 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004 .SYNOPSIS...REMNANTS OF IVAN OVER DELMARVA WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS HIGH WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE REGION EARLY IN THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM CANADA. STRONG RIDGING AT ALL LEVELS. COLDEST AIR WILL SLIDE OVER NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY. IT WILL BE CHILLY WITH FROST EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND GREEN MOUNTAINS SOUTHERN VT...WILL ISSUE FROST ADVISORY. THIS SCENARIO SHOULD REPEAT ITSELF SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED FROST POSSIBLE IN THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES. AS RIDGE BUILDS IN N-NW FLOW WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY SUNDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE COOL TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE FOR A BRISK FALL-LIKE DAY...DESPITE THE SUNSHINE. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...RIDGE DOMINATES WEATHER. OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE A COLD FRONT WHICH APPROACHES FOR NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY MODERATE TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS MONDAY AND REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...IMPROVEMENT TO VFR CONDITIONS BY THIS EVENING. MVFR CLOUDS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IMPROVING QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE TO VFR. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE BUT LIGHTEN UP OVERNIGHT SHOULD PREVENT FOG FROM FORMING. FLOW WILL PICKUP SUNDAY AND BECOME GUSTY. && .HYDROLOGY...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT...DEALING WITH RUNOFF. THE OTHER FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES MAY LINGER THE REST OF THE DAY BUT WILL BE RECEDING AS NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. RAINFALL REPORTS IN THE WARNING AREAS RANGED FROM 2 TO OVER 5 INCHES. SEE FLOOD WARNINGS...FLOOD STATEMENTS AND THE PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR MORE DETAILS. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...NONE. VT...NONE. && IA/GG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 429 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-191100- BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT- HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY- NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- NORTHERN WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN FULTON NY- SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN WINDHAM VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...AMSTERDAM...ARLINGTON...BEACON... BELLOWS FALLS...BENNINGTON...BRATTLEBORO...CANAJOHARIE...CATSKILL... CHATHAM...CLIFTON PARK...COBLESKILL...COHOES...COLONIE...DELMAR... EAST GREENBUSH...ELLENVILLE...FONDA...GLENS FALLS...GLOVERSVILLE... GREAT BARRINGTON...HERKIMER...HOOSICK FALLS...HUDSON... HUDSON FALLS...HUNTER...ILION...INDIAN LAKE...JOHNSTOWN...KINGSTON... LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE...LATHAM...LITTLE FALLS...LONDONDERRY... MANCHESTER...MECHANICVILLE...NASSAU...NEW MILFORD...NEW PALTZ... NORTH ADAMS...OLD FORGE...PAWLING...PITTSFIELD...POUGHKEEPSIE... RENSSELAER...RHINEBECK...ROTTERDAM...SALEM...SARATOGA SPRINGS... SAUGERTIES...SCHENECTADY...SCOTIA...SPECULATOR...STRATTON... TORRINGTON...TOWNSHEND...TROY...WARRENSBURG... WATERVLIET AND WHITEHALL 429 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ENTER YOUR AREA HERE. .DAY ONE... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH AT LEAST THIS MORNING...AND PERHAPS INTO MID AFTERNOON FROM LITCHFIELD COUNTY WEST INTO ULSTER COUNTY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM. ANY REPORTS OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES...OR STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...WOULD BE APPRECIATED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
453 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM FLASH FLOOD CATSKILL 42.21N 73.87W
09/18/2004 GREENE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
CATSKILL CREEK FLOODING CAUTERSKILL ROAD. PERSON TRAPPED
IN CAR, FIRE AND RESCUE ON SCENE.
&&
AWIPSUSRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
455 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 AM FLASH FLOOD HARDENBURG 42.00N 74.67W
09/18/2004 ULSTER NY COUNTY OFFICIAL
ALL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. TOWN SUPERVISOR
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. CORRECTED TIME OF
OCCURRENCE.
&&
AWIPSUSRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM FLASH FLOOD WINDHAM 42.31N 74.25W
09/18/2004 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
POND OVERFLOWED ONTO ROUTE 296.
0140 AM FLASH FLOOD PHOENICIA 42.09N 74.32W
09/18/2004 ULSTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREAMS IN THE AREA FLOWED OVER COUNTY ROUTE 40.
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD LEXINGTON 42.24N 74.37W
09/18/2004 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE ROUTE 42 NEAR SPRUCETON RD FLOODED.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD RENSSELAERVILLE 42.52N 74.14W
09/18/2004 ALBANY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
POTTER HOLLOW MOUNTAIN RD FLOODED.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD COEYMANS 42.47N 73.79W
09/18/2004 ALBANY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAILER PARK FLOODED BY HANNACROIS CREEK.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD GREENPORT CENTER 42.24N 73.76W
09/18/2004 COLUMBIA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NEWMAN RD FLOODED.
0830 AM FLASH FLOOD SEWARD 42.72N 74.61W
09/18/2004 SCHOHARIE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
LOWE RD AND CLEARVIEW RD FLOODED.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD RAVENA 42.48N 73.81W
09/18/2004 ALBANY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
RT 9W FLOODED
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD COEYMANS 42.47N 73.79W
09/18/2004 ALBANY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE RT 143, WELLS FLATS/SR 144 NEAR ECKS FARMS/MILLER
ROAD AT 9W FLOODED
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD GILBOA 42.40N 74.40W
09/18/2004 SCHOHARIE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
SOUTH GILBOA RD, BEAR LADDER ROAD REDLING RD, STATE RT 30
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
1047 AM FLASH FLOOD NORTH BLENHEIM 42.47N 74.44W
09/18/2004 SCHOHARIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
DARLING HOLLOW CREEK, BETTY BROOK, WESTKILL FLOODING.
WATER FROM SCHOHARIE CREEK NOW ON RT 30 NR BLENHEIM
1150 AM FLASH FLOOD WEST BRATTLEBORO 42.86N 72.60W
09/18/2004 WINDHAM VT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WHETSTONE BROOK NEAR BANKFUL AND RISING.
1156 AM FLASH FLOOD HARDENBURG 42.00N 74.67W
09/18/2004 ULSTER NY COUNTY OFFICIAL
ALL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. TOWN SUPERVISOR
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. CORRECTED TIME OF
OCCURRENCE.
1203 PM FLASH FLOOD SCHODACK CENTER 42.55N 73.68W
09/18/2004 RENSSELAER NY EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE ROUTE 150 CLOSED IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS DUE TO
FLOODING.
0210 PM FLASH FLOOD CATSKILL 42.21N 73.87W
09/18/2004 GREENE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
CATSKILL CREEK FLOODING CAUTERSKILL ROAD. PERSON TRAPPED
IN CAR, FIRE AND RESCUE ON SCENE.
0212 PM FLOOD NEW MILFORD 41.59N 73.41W
09/18/2004 LITCHFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
HOUSATONIC BANKFUL AND RISING AT VETERANS PLAZA. EAST
ASPETUCK RIVER OVER BANKS AT WELLS ROAD.
&&
AWIPSUSRNEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0701PM SAT SEP 18 2004
#1 0000001 000
CHQT WLSR APTS CADM
03779 FILE 28 SP SIDNEY NY1120100 SEP 18-04
TO DELAWARE COUNTY AGENCIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 09/18/04 TIME 1900P
COUNTY AFFECTED:DELAWARE
ROADWAY AFFECTED: STATE HWY 17 T/HANCOCK AND T/DEPOSIT
ROADWAY CLOSED FROM EXIT 87 HANCOCK TO EXIT 84 DEPOSIT.
TRAVELERS ARE BEING DIVERTED FROM EXIT 87 HANCOCK ONTO STATE
HWY 268 TO STATE HWY 10 TO STATE HWY 8 AND THEN RETURNING TO
THE ST HWY 17 AT EXIT 84 DEPOSIT.
THIS IS FOR EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAVEL.
ROAD EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST AM OF 09/19/04.
AUTH CAPTAIN LAWRENCE M JACKMIN OSTRANDER 1900
OPER - OSTRANDER,SHAWN 1900NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0733PM SAT SEP 18 2004
#1 0000001 000
CHQT WLSR APTS CADM
03780 FILE 28 SP SIDNEY NY1120100 SEP 18-04
TO DELAWARE COUNTY AGENCIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
UPDATED ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 09/18/04 TIME 1930P
COUNTY AFFECTED:DELAWARE
ROADWAY AFFECTED: STATE HWY 17 T/HANCOCK AND T/DEPOSIT
AT THIS TIME STATE HWY 17 EAST BOUND HAS BEEN RE-OPENED
BETWEEN EXIT 87 HANCOCK AND EXIT 84 DEPOSIT.
WEST BOUND LANES ARE STILL CLOSED. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO
EXPECTED TIME FOR RE-OPENING.
AUTH CAPTAIN LAWRENCE M JACKMIN OSTRANDER 1932
OPER - OSTRANDER,SHAWN 1932The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hoosic River exceeded its flood stage of 11.0', cresting at 11.43' at 00:30 EST on 9/19/04 at the Eagle Bridge gage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, September 2004
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: 5424824.