New York, 2014

Flash Flooding in New York, January 11, 2014

January 11, 2014 · NWS BGM · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A brief warm up, accompanied by periods of rain, occurred on January 11th with temperatures rising into the 50s across the region. These conditions melted off the existing snow cover, causing area rivers and streams to swell and release their ice cover into the stream channels.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

A brief warm up, accompanied by periods of rain, occurred on January 11th with temperatures rising into the 50s across the region. These conditions melted off the existing snow cover, causing area rivers and streams to swell and release their ice cover into the stream channels.

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 11, 3:01 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:01 PM EST, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:01 PM EST, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
301 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-122015-
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-
301 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Broome

When
January 11, 3:29 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where
Broome County, 2.58 mi NW of Langdon to 2.83 mi NNW of Langdon
Cause
Ice Jam
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
42.100, -75.850

An ice jam on Stratmill Creek caused up to one foot of water, and large ice chunks to spill onto Court Street on the east side of the City of Binghamton, New York.

Flash Flood, Broome

When
January 11, 4:23 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where
Broome County, 2.1 mi N of Langdon to 1.83 mi N of Langdon
Cause
Ice Jam
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
42.100, -75.828

An ice jam caused flood waters to spill into Schneiders Market near the Five Mile Point area.

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

More

Every storm in New York in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2014

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: 492330, 492337.