Flash Flood in New York, June 27, 2006

Name: Flash Flood in New York, June 27, 2006
Start: 2006-06-27T17:00
End: 2006-06-27T23:00
Location: New York

June 27, 2006 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rains caused several roads to be flooded in the Southport and Chemung areas Tuesday evening the 27th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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.

Heavy rains caused several roads to be flooded in the Southport and Chemung areas Tuesday evening the 27th.

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 Jun 27, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
350 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - THURSDAY)...
OBVIOUSLY, A VERY BUSY DAY TODAY...SO WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AND
SIMPLE. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL OHIO SWD ALONG THE
APPALACHIANS. JUST AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
WORK IT/S WAY NORTHWARD...EXTENDING FROM TROPICAL SYSTEM OFF THE
COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA ATTM. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
EMBEDDED CONVECTION IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR WITH MUCH HIGHER IN CONVECTION. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A
RELIABLE RAINFALL REPORT OF OVER ONE INCH IN 15 MINUTES. MANY AREAS
ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES AVERAGE THROUGH WED
MORNING..AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMTS UP TO 5 INCHES DUE TO CONVECTIVE
AND TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT POSSIBLE...MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE IN
STORE FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PA.

THE NAM IS SLOWER THAN THE GFS IN MOVING THE FRONT AND PRECIP OUT
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE NAM DEVELOPS A WAVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND
HOLDS IT BACK LONGER. HAVE TRENDED TWD CONSISTENT GFS. EITHER WAY,
WILL SEE AN IMPROVING TREND WITH DIMINISHING PRECIP DURING THE DAY
AS THE MOITURE PLUME MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. UPPER TROUGH MOVING
INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL LEAD TO MORE SCATTERED VARIETY SHRA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THRU THURSDAY. COOLING TEMPS ALOFT AND ENOUGH
INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE CHC POPS FOR SHRA AND TSRA.

&&

.AVIATION (26/18Z TO 27/18Z)...
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH EMBEDDED TRWS WILL CONT THRU THE PD.
THRU 00Z...XPCT MAINLY BRIEF DROPS INTO IFR CONDS AS THE PCPN
REMAINS SCT. LTR TNGTR AND EARLY ON WED...A BROAD AREA OF PCPN WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH A MORE STEADY AREA OF PCPN. CIGS AND VSBYS
SHD DROP INTO THE IFR RANGE AFT 06Z MOST STATIONS...AND LINGER THERE
UNTIL AT LEAST 12 TO 14Z WED.

MORFORD

&&

.LONG RANGE (THU NIGHT - MONDAY)...

FCST AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER TROF...AND
ASSOCIATED WET AND COOL CONDS...THRU THE PD. GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE
TROPICAL CONNECTION TO THE TROF SHD BE BKN BY THE BEGGINNING OF THE
PD...SO WHILE A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL REMAIN THRU MUCH OF THE
PD...AMTS WILL BE LGT. FLWD HPC GUID FOR TEMPS...AND CLOSE TO HPC
FOR POPS. MORFORD
&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-
055>057-062 UNTIL NOON EDT WEDNESDAY.
.PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072 UNTIL
NOON EDT WEDNESDAY.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 2:41 AM EST, 14 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

NYZ017-023-025-272100-
TOMPKINS NY-SCHUYLER NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
  VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MECKLENBURG...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TAUGHANNOCK FALLS AND WILLOW CREEK AT 400 PM EDT...
  LANSINGVILLE AND LAKE RIDGE AT 405 PM EDT...
  KING FERRY AT 410 PM EDT...
  EAST GENOA AND EAST VENICE AT 415 PM EDT...
  LOCKE AND VENICE CENTER AT 420 PM EDT...
  MONTVILLE AND MORAVIA AT 425 PM EDT...
  SEMPRONIUS AND DRESSERVILLE AT 430 PM EDT...
  KELLOGGSVILLE AND NEW HOPE AT 435 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:33 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
433 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MECKLENBURG             42.47N 76.70W
06/27/2006                   SCHUYLER           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1.10 INCHES IN 10 MINUTES. ROADS CLOSED AND DRIVEWAY
            WASHOUTS.

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:44 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Chemung

When: June 27, 5:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Chemung County, East Portion
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, June 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: 5516318.