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Flash Flood — Northampton, PA

Jun 30, 2015

In addition to the severe weather, multiple thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding in the Lehigh Valley and Poconos on the afternoon and evening of the 30th. The flash flooding in the Poconos persisted into July 1st. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached two inches in the Lehigh Valley and five inches in the Poconos.||The heavy rain on the 30th culminated a very wet month of June across Eastern Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania as a whole. The June monthly precipitation total of

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 587354). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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