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Flood — Monroe, PA

Sep 18, 2004

The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from the late evening of the 17th through the first half of the day on the 18th in Monroe County. Doppler Radar storm total estimates averaged between 3 and 6 inches throughout the county. The torrential rain caused widespread poor drainage, creek and river flooding. It was the worst flooding along the Delaware River since 1955. Every stream in the county flooded. About 160 homes

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5426514). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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