Sep 18, 2004
The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from late in the evening on the 17th until around 10 a.m. EDT on the 18th. Storm totals average around 5 inches and caused poor drainage, creek and river flooding throughout Carbon County. A 44-year-old man drowned. Hardest hit were Palmerton Borough and Penn Forest, East Penn and Kidder Townships. Evacuations occurred in Palmerton and Kidder Townships. President George W. Bush de
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5427570). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Carbon County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.