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Flash Flood — Broome, NY

Mar 4, 2004

On the morning of March 4th, a huge raft of ice broke free on the Chenango River upstream from Chenango Bridge, a small community along the Chenango River in the Greater Binghamton area of New York. Chenango Bridge is located a few miles upstream of where the Chenango River merges with the Susquehanna River in Binghamton NY. The raft of ice jammed up, first against a railroad bridge and then also, about 1000 feet upstream, against the route 12A bridge. The jam was extensive enough to almost c

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5387064). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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