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Flash Flood — Tioga, NY

Jun 27, 2006

Tropical moisture streamed northward into south central New York ahead of a frontal system which slowly moved westward into the eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning the 27th. This tropical moisture brought heavy showers and thunderstorms across much of upstate New York Sunday through Tuesday morning. Rainfall by Tuesday morning totaled 1 to 2 inches in Tioga County. This initial rainfall saturated the soils before another round of heavier rain moved into the county Tuesday afternoon as the fro

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5516309). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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