Mar 31, 2005
A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition snowmelt before and after the rainstorm was causing elevated river flows. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches. The Susquehanna River at Bainbridge went briefly below its flood stage of 13 feet on the 31st before rising back over flood stage. Temperatures in the 50s on the 31st caused added snowmelt rising the river. Another slow moving storm from the Ohio Valley b
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5444063). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Chenango County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.