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Flash Flood — Wyoming, PA

Jan 18, 2006

Heavy rainfall spread into northern Pennsylvania as an intense area of low pressure tracked from southern Indiana Tuesday morning on the 17th to northeast of Lake Huron on the morning of the 18th and through eastern Canada Wednesday afternoon and evening. The heaviest rain occurred in northern Pennsylvania Wednesday morning on the 18th. The rain tapered off by Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall amounts ranging from 1 to 2 inches fell in most of northeast Pennsylvania. The rainfall brought Mehoopany

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5491401). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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