Feb 15, 2018
Waves of heavy rain produced flooding on February 15th through the 16th. A line of thunderstorms developed along a lifting warm front, providing not only for enhancement in the rainfall totals, which ranged from 1-3 inches, but also attributed to shear that supported the development of a short-lived tornado over Uniontown, in Fayette county Pennsylvania. This was the first tornado in February since 1950 for the Pittsburgh Weather Service area of responsibility.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 742618). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lawrence County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.