Oct 20, 2016
A potent cold front pushed into an unseasonably warm and humid air mass, generating widespread showers and thunderstorms. There was a considerable amount of both low level and deep layer shear, and some of the storms produced damaging winds. A line of convection stalled and trained over Centre, Clinton and Lycoming counties during the late evening hours, producing a swath of 4 to 8 inches of rainfall from just north and west of State College northeastward to near Lock Haven, Jersey Shore and jus
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 660372). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Centre County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.