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Flood — Westmoreland, PA

Jun 16, 2016

Severe Thunderstorms developed as a cold front moved east under deepening low pressure moving into the Great Lakes the afternoon and evening of the 16th. Wind damage was reported over eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia, as well as an EF0 tornado in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and another EF0 in Monongalia county, West Virginia. As the cold front laid out across the region in the evening, training thunderstorms produced flash flooding and flooding in some areas, with

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 641049). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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