Jun 28, 2013
A series of shortwaves diving through a broad upper level trough brought rounds of showers and thunderstorms through the last several days of June. With a weakly capped atmosphere, a cold pool associated with two such upper level waves helped to spark two areas of convection in the afternoon on June 28th. There were numerous reports of wind damage across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. In addition, training thunderstorms produced several areas of flooding, includi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 466150). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Westmoreland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.