Jul 17, 2021
A warm, unstable airmass has been in place over the region for much of the week leading up to July 17th, 2021, with several rounds of rainfall during the week leading to saturated soils across northwest PA. Thunderstorms developed ahead of an eastward moving cold front, with low echo centroid storms providing efficient, heavy rainfall. Two storms tracked over far southeast Crawford county in PA, dropping over 2 of rainfall in a one to two hour period.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1010669). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Crawford County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.