Flood in New York, June 28 to 30, 2006

Name: Flood in New York, June 28 to 30, 2006
Start: 2006-06-28T03:30
End: 2006-06-30T23:59
Location: New York

June 28 to 30, 2006 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several neighborhoods in Owego became virtual islands during this flood. The Susquehanna River at Owego rose above the flood stage of 30 feet June 28th at 4:30 AM EDT.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5.0 million
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.

Several neighborhoods in Owego became virtual islands during this flood. The Susquehanna River at Owego rose above the flood stage of 30 feet June 28th at 4:30 AM EDT. Moderate flooding (32 feet) began June 28th, at 7:30 AM EDT. Major flooding (33 feet) began June 28th at 9:30 AM EDT. The crest of 35.85 feet was reached June 29th, at 01:30 AM EDT which set a new record. The old record was 33.18 feet April 3, 2005. The January 20 1996 flood crest was 32.97 feet. The river at Owego remained above flood stage through the end of June.

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 28, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
305 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY - THURSDAY)...
MODERATE-HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF THE FA TONIGHT.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA AS TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME
CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF LOW.  THIS SYSTEM IS NOW LOCATED
OVER THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND ENHANCING RAIN OVER SE PA.
UNFORTUNATELY...MOST OF THIS WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL AND
EASTERN FA THIS MORNING.  SATELLITE PCPN ESTIMATES PER NESDIS
ESTIMATING MAX RAINFALL RATES IN THIS TROPICAL BAND OF 1.2-1.5
INCHES PER HALF HOUR.  ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES MAY OCCUR AS THIS LOW
LIFTS NORTH INTO NEPA/CNY THRU 15Z.  OF COURSE...ANY CONVECTION WILL
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  ONE BAND STRETCHES FROM
WAYNE INTO OTSEGO CNTY...WITH POSSIBLE 1-2 INCH PER HOUR AMOUNTS OUT
OF THIS.  BIGGEST AREA OF FOCUS FOR HVY RAINFALL WILL BE CATSKILLS
AND POCONOS ONCE AGAIN.

STILL AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RAIN TO COME.  WIDESPREAD FLDG HAS
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MOST CTYS WITH EVENT RAPIDLY EVOLVING INTO
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING.  MODERATE-MAJOR FLOODING FCST FOR MANY
POINTS ACROSS THE FA...WITH FLOOD OF RECORD FCST FOR A FEW POINTS.
IN FACT...RECORD FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REACHED AT CONKLIN
TONIGHT.  WITH ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES FCST...ALL PCPN WILL RUN OFF INTO
THE RIVER SYSTEM AND AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING.

LOW WILL SLOWLY PULL NORTH AND EAST...WITH PCPN FINALLY COMING TO AN
END LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.  UPPER TROF HANGS BACK
WEST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.  SCTD STORMS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AS
AIRMASS DESTABILIZES.  WITH FAIRLY STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW...DRYING AT
MID AND UPPER LEVELS AND WET-BULB ZEROES DROPPING BLO 9KFT...ISOLD
STRONG TO SVR STORMS POSSIBLE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  -PB

&&

.AVIATION (28/06Z TO 29/06Z)...
OCNL MOD-HVY RAIN EXPECTED AT ERN AND SRN TAF SITES THRU APPROX
14Z.  MAINLY MVFR CIGS EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD...OCCASIONALLY
DROPPING TO IFR IN SHOWERS.  CONDS BEGIN TO IMPROVE AT KUCA/KBGM/
KAVP TO VFR AFTER 14Z.  ELSEWHERE...PREVAILING VFR WITH OCNL MVFR
CIGS EXPECTED.

&&

.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 BEGINNING 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.
.PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072 UNTIL
NOON EDT.

&&

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 10:28 PM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1128 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

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

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NORWICH                 42.53N 75.52W
06/27/2006                   CHENANGO           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CANASAWACTA CREEK HAS FLOODED THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
            RESIDENTS BEING EVACUATED.

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:29 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
329 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0325 AM     FLOOD            BINGHAMTON              42.10N 75.91W
06/28/2006                   BROOME             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2500 PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON.

0325 AM     FLOOD            CONKLIN                 42.03N 75.80W
06/28/2006                   BROOME             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE BEING RESCUED ALONG THE
            SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

&&

MSE

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:41 AM EST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
341 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0325 AM     FLOOD            ATHENS                  42.27N 73.81W
06/28/2006                   GREENE             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3000 PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM ATHENS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA
            RIVER.

0325 AM     FLOOD            SAYRE                   41.99N 76.52W
06/28/2006                   BRADFORD           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            300 EVACUATED FROM SAYRE ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

&&

MSE

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Tioga

When: June 28, 3:30 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tioga County, Owego
Property damage: $5.0 million
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5516325.