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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 16, 2026Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 16, 2026, 5:24 AM EDT for Cortland County, New York. It took effect at Mar 17, 2026, 11:52 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2026, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2026, 11:52 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2026, 9:06 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cortland County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tioughnioga River at Cortland (CRTN6).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01509000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 16, 3:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 3:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 10:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Chenango	12 hr
Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BGM	Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 7 more	14 hr
Mar 16, 1:45 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	BGM	Oneida	11 hr
Mar 16, 2:56 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming	21 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.