Flash Flood — Albany, New York

2025-06-07 · near Stanford Hgts, Albany, New York

Event narrative

Albany county emergency management relayed numerous reports of flooding throughout Albany County on June 7. Residential basements were flooded on Rock Road, along the Helderberg Trail, on Delaware Turnpike, Cole Hill Road, 7th Avenue in Watervliet, Eastview Drive, and Rock Road. Roadways impacted by flooding included Rock Road, Helderberg Trail at Cole Hill Road, Huntersland Road, Route 145 at Route 81, Ravine Road, Lindskoog Road, Saratoga Street, Travis Hill Road, New Scotland Road at Helderhill Road, and Canaday Hill Road at Switzkill Road. A couple of roadways were washed away including Cheese Hill Road and New Scotland Road.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary stalled to the south of the ALY County Warning Area, in tandem with several mid- and upper-level disturbances generated widespread heavy rainfall and scattered thunderstorms across eastern New York on June 6 and 7. Prolonged, moderate to locally heavy downpours lead to widespread poor drainage and urban flooding with numerous roadways and residential roadways becoming inundated with standing water. Over the course of the two days, rainfall totals amounted to anywhere from an inch to three inches with isolated amounts of three and a half to nearly four inches in the Capital District. On June 6, one thunderstorm reached severe magnitude in eastern Duchess County, producing isolated tree damage on Deep Hollow Road.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278913. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.