A  warmup at the end of Feburary, began melting the winter snowpack fairly quickly and helped break up an extensive ice pack on the upper Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. As a result, ice jams developed on the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. During the night of Feburary 27 and 28, rainfall  accumulated between one half and one inch and a half across eastern New York. The rains exacerbated the runoff, which resulted in the flooding of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, as well as some smaller streams. Most of the flooding was minor. 	The Mohawk River exceeded bankful between Utica and Cohoes. The gage at Utica exceeded its flood stage of 403  feet on Feburary 27, crested at 406.4 feet on the 28th, and remained  over  the flood stage for the remainder of the month. At Little Falls, the river went three tenths of a foot  above the 15 foot flood stage. At Cohoes, the river rose two tenths of a foot over the 20 foot stage. The river flooded mainly adjacent lowlands from Utica to Halfmoon. However, forty people were evacuated from their homes in Halfmoon as water encroached upon their homes. Water from the Mohawk overflowed onto a small portion of Route 162 in Montgomery county near Canajoharie and Root, resulting in the roadway being temporarily closed. Flooding was noted along the Hudson-Mohawk bikeway, Canal road, Beach road, Towpath road as well as the parking lot of Schenectady Community College. Fifty residences were evacuated in the Crescent area of southern Saratoga county, some by boat. A few residences were also evacuated on Schaffer drive in Colonie, Albany county.  	The Hudson River overflowed onto the Mechanicville Wharf and also went over the Mohawk Wharf into the village of Waterford. The village of Warrensburg reported some localized flooding as did the Stillwater Flats.  However, no gages on the Hudson exceeded  their flood stages. 	The Gilboa Dam barely exceeded its limit of 1132 feet. Excessive water had to be released, which resulted in the Schoharie creek overflowing into Lost Valley and near Burtonsville. 	The Mettawee river in Washington county crested at 8.7 feet, well over its 7 foot flood stage at Granville. Water from the river inundated several homes in Granville and flooded several roads.	The Moose River exceeded its 12 foot flood stage at McKeever by four  tenths of one foot. No flooding problems were reported to the National Weather Service. 	A natural drain clogged in Sharon Springs, Schoharie county resulting in street flooding. Route 20 was flooded and some buildings were damaged.               	There were no casualties directly related to this flooding, reported to the National Weather Service.

Flood in EASTERN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 16:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 30K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
From 26-FEB-00 10:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in WARREN, NEW YORK
From 28-FEB-00 06:30:00 to 28-FEB-00 23:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 55K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flood in NORTHERN SARATOGA, NEW YORK
From 28-FEB-00 06:30:00 to 28-FEB-00 23:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flood in SCHOHARIE, NEW YORK
From 28-FEB-00 12:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 10:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 40K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in SOUTHERN SARATOGA, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 16:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in NORTHERN HERKIMER, NEW YORK
From 29-FEB-00 00:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in EASTERN ALBANY, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 17:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in SOUTHERN HERKIMER, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 15:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 16:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Flood in WESTERN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
From 27-FEB-00 16:00:00 to 29-FEB-00 23:59:00 (EST)
Property damage: 11K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC