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Flash Flood — York, PA

Jul 8, 2020

Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderate CAPE/weak shear environment during the early evening hours of July 8, 2020. A multi-cell cluster produced wind damage in Sullivan County, and few pulse storms produced wind damage in the Susquehanna Valley. ||Slow moving thunderstorms also brought isolated flash flooding to Somerset and York Counties.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 911330). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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