Jun 27, 2006
Both Broome and Susquehanna County were inundated with record flooding from the Susquehanna River near Conklin. Not only did the river rise to record levels, this left all the local tributary streams with no outlet. There was deep water from the backwater built-up in the communities of Conklin and Kirkwood in New York and Hallstead and Great Bend in Pennsylvania. Many homes and several businesses, big and small, were destroyed along the Route 11 and Route 7 corridors that parallel the Susquehan
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5516322). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Broome County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.