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Part of: Northampton County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 29 at 2:23PM EDT until July 29 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Albany, NY; Rensselaer, NY; Saratoga, NY; Schenectady, NY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 125,446 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Albany, NY; Rensselaer, NY; Saratoga, NY; Schenectady, NY), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Albany, NY; Rensselaer, NY; Saratoga, NY; Schenectady, NY · ≈ 200 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 WSW Niverville, NY
NYSOEM reporting a flooding condition at two houses.
- News WRGB
Flooding in wider Capital Region clogs up traffic Wednesday morning
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE Amsterdam, NY
Flooded road closed at the intersection of Regina Lane and Bylina Lane in Amsterdam, NY.
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 WSW Hudson, NY
DOT Flooding and Road Closure on NY 23B both directions at Mount Merino Road (Greenport) all lanes of 2 lanes closed.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS Albany NY Bulletin
- NWS ALY storm report Storm report
- NWS ALY storm report Storm report
- Spectrum News News
Flash flooding closes roads in Capital Region, suspends Amtrak service and cancels Saratoga races
- WNYT.com News
- NEWS10 ABC News
- Syracuse.com News
Update: Flash flood warning active for Albany and Schenectady counties until Wednesday morning
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.