Flood, Chenango
- When
- January 19, 4:33 AM EST to January 20, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, Bainbridge
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.283, -75.483
Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 2006
Minor flooding occurred at Bainbridge on the Susquehanna River from heavy rainfall as an intense area of low pressure tracked from southern Indiana Tuesday morning on the 17th, to northeast of Lake Huron on the morning of the 18th and through eastern Canada Wednesday afternoon and evening. Rain spread into the upper Susquehanna Region of New York Tuesday night and Wednesday morning on the 18th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Minor flooding occurred at Bainbridge on the Susquehanna River from heavy rainfall as an intense area of low pressure tracked from southern Indiana Tuesday morning on the 17th, to northeast of Lake Huron on the morning of the 18th and through eastern Canada Wednesday afternoon and evening. Rain spread into the upper Susquehanna Region of New York Tuesday night and Wednesday morning on the 18th. The rain tapered off by Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall amounts ranged from about 1 to 2 inches in most areas of the upper Susquehanna River Basin in New York. The rainfall brought the Susquehanna River at Bainbridge above the flood stage of 13 feet at 433 am on the 19th. The Susquehanna River at Bainbridge crested at 13.64 feet at 445 pm on the 19th before falling below the flood stage at 100 am on the 20th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 19, 4:15 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 4:15 AM EST, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 5:12 AM EST, 23 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 512 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-191013- BRADFORD-BROOME-CHEMUNG-CHENANGO-CORTLAND-DELAWARE-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-MADISON-NORTHERN ONEIDA-NORTHERN WAYNE-ONONDAGA-OTSEGO-PIKE- SCHUYLER-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN WAYNE- STEUBEN-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-TIOGA-TOMPKINS-WYOMING-YATES- 512 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ALBFFABGM STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. IT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY TODAY AND THIS EVENING...AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ALBNPWBGM STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN... FLOODING...OR HIGH WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. MJ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Texas, January 19, 2006
- Strong Wind in Illinois, January 19, 2006
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 19, 2006
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 19 to 20, 2006
- Strong Wind in Missouri, January 19, 2006
- Strong Wind in Indiana, January 19, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 19, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 19 to 20, 2006
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 19 to 20, 2006
- Flood in New York, January 19, 2006
- Flood in Maine, January 19 to 20, 2006
- Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 2006
More
Every storm in New York in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2006
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5491404.