Flood, Sullivan
- When
- June 27, 5:00 PM EST to June 29, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, Barryville
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in New York, June 27 to 29, 2006
Record flooding occurred on the Delaware River at Barryville. The Delaware River at Barryville rose above the 17 foot flood stage Tuesday evening the 27th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- 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.
Record flooding occurred on the Delaware River at Barryville. The Delaware River at Barryville rose above the 17 foot flood stage Tuesday evening the 27th. The Delaware River continued to rise Tuesday and Wednesday cresting at a record level of 28.97 feet at 1100 am EDT Wednesday the 28th. This broke the previous record of 24.80 feet which occurred just 14 months earlier in April 2005.
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
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 341 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-280745- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- 341 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...CAUSING MANY TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO ALBFFABGM WGUS61 FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR GREATER. PB
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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 424 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 NYZ024-025-055-272130- TOMPKINS NY-CHEMUNG NY-TIOGA NY- 424 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006 * AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LOCKWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ERIN AT 430 PM EDT... VAN ETTEN AND SWARTWOOD AT 435 PM EDT... NORTH SPENCER AND WEST CANDOR AT 440 PM EDT... WEST DANBY AND NEWFIELD HAMLET AT 445 PM EDT... DANBY AND SOUTH DANBY AT 450 PM EDT... SOUTH HILL AND BROOKTONDALE AT 455 PM EDT... BESEMER AND EAST ITHACA AT 500 PM EDT... ETNA AND NORTHEAST ITHACA AT 505 PM EDT... FREEVILLE AND WEST DRYDEN AT 510 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
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.
&&
MJCLocal storm report, Jun 27, 3:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
453 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM FLASH FLOOD BATH 42.34N 77.32W
06/27/2006 STEUBEN NY EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
MJCLocal storm report, Jun 27, 4:44 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
544 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD CAROLINE 42.38N 76.30W
06/27/2006 TOMPKINS NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BRIDGE WASHED OUT. ROADS CLOSED.
&&
MJCLocal storm report, Jun 27, 4:59 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
559 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD WAVERLY 42.01N 76.54W
06/27/2006 TIOGA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIRST FLOOR OF HOUSES UNDER WATER. ALSO MAJOR FLOODING IN
CAMPBELL. 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES IN TIOGA TERRACE.
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD FREETOWN CORNERS 42.52N 76.03W
06/27/2006 CORTLAND NY AMATEUR RADIO
ROUTES 11 AND 41 CLOSED. ALSO FLOODING IN SOLON.
0550 PM FLASH FLOOD WYALUSING 41.67N 76.26W
06/27/2006 BRADFORD PA AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT IN EASTERN BRADFORD
COUNTY.
&&
MJCThe 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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 30, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New York, June 27 to 28, 2006
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5516421.