Jun 27, 2006
The Waverly/Sayre gage is located at the point where the Susquehanna River makes its final turn out of New York State into Pennsylvania. It is also 5 miles north of the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers at Tioga Point. The gage serves the communities of Waverly in New York and the Athens/Sayre region in Pennsylvania. The Cannon Hole neighborhood and the Village of Barton were severely flooded. To quote the Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York, Thursday July 3rd, 2006 "Cannon Hole resi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5516326). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bradford County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.