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Flood — Centre, PA

Jul 28, 2023

A cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed over south-central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of July 28, 2023, just south of a frontal boundary that was draped from northwest to southeast across Pennsylvania. This cluster of storms produced sporadic wind damage as it progressed eastward across the Cumberland and Lower Susquehanna valleys. Additional showers and storms developed just north of the track of this initial cluster of storms, coagulating into a line that pushed northeastward a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1115511). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Centre, PA

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