Flood — Southwest Clinton, New York

2002-06-12 to 2002-06-13 · Southwest Clinton, New York

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary stalled across portions of New York and New England and helped to focus heavy rainfall across this area. Convective precipitation moved from northwest to southeast across the area from Canada. Rainfall from midday on June 11th through the morning of June 12th averaged 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts in the mountainous areas. Countywide flooding of small streams and fields started during the early morning hours of June 12th through the afternoon of the 12th with a few roads impacted. Flooding of The Great Chazy main stem river followed the heavy rain and continued into the evening June 13th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5304928. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.