Mar 14, 2006
Heavy rains from the same storm that brought flash flooding to Homer, Cortland and McGraw late on the 13th, eventually brought the Tioughnioga River at Cortland over its flood stage of 8 ft on the afternoon of the 14th. The river crested between 8 and 9 feet during the evening before falling below the flood stage on the morning of the 15th. The river flooded many fields between Marathon and Cortland. The times of the flooding and the river crest is estimated due to a river gauge malfunction.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5497594). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cortland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.