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Part of: Northampton County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flood Warning issued July 29 at 4:55PM EDT until July 29 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Albany, NY; Schenectady, NY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 250,316 acres
- Began
- To end
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Albany, NY; Schenectady, NY · ≈ 390 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 — 2 SSW Castleton-on-Huds, NY
Flooding on NY 9J both directions between Knickerbocker Rd and NY 150 in Schodack all lanes closed.
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLOOD — 2 WSW Feura Bush, NY
Report of road closure due to flooding on NY 32 between Lower Flat Rock Rd and La Grange Ln.
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 E Castleton-on-Hudson, NY
The Vlockie Kill at Shufelt Road in Shodack is flooding well out of its banks, with water very close to the first floor of several buildings.
- Storm report NWS ALY storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 6 SSW Austerlitz, NY
DOT reported both lanes of NY 22 closed between NY 71 and Orchard Lane in Hillsdale due to flooding.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ALY storm report Storm report
- NWS Albany NY Bulletin
- WRGB News
Flooded homes, closed roads, boil water advisories; torrential rain floods the area
- 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 ↗.