Feb 19, 2000
Widespread heavy rains of between 2.0 and 3.0 inches fell across southwest Pennsylvania on February 18th. This rain fell onto ground that was already nearly saturated from heavy rainfall a few days earlier. These conditions produced moderate flash flooding across the southwest corner of the state starting late on the 18th and continued into the 19th. However, the heaviest rainfall during this event occurred over the headwaters of the Monongahela River in northern West Virginia, where widesprea
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5133119). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Washington County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.