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Pennsylvania Flood Stories

2,274 first-hand accounts of flood events in Pennsylvania, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$10.0M damage

Bradford, PA · Jun 27, 2006

The Waverly/Sayre gage is located at the point where the Susquehanna River makes its final turn out of New York State into Pennsylvania. It is also 5 miles north of the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers at Tioga Point.

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Flash Flood

Luzerne, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Luzerne, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Wayne, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Susquehanna, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Flash Flood

Susquehanna, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Flash Flood

Bradford, PA · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure moved north along the Atlantic Seaboard spreading steady and heavy rain into northeastern Pennsylvania during the overnight hours. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed along with a considerable amount of melting snow into area rivers and streams.

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Flash Flood$300K damage

Westmoreland, PA · Jun 3, 2016

An upper level impulse moving along a wavy frontal boundary produced scattered thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall the morning of the 3rd. Some roads were closed due to flash flooding in Beaver county, while radar estimated nearly 4 inches of rain fell in 2 hours northeast of…

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Flood$9.6M damage

Beaver, PA · Jan 19, 1996

The Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet at the Point in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. A tremendous amount of runoff and snowmelt, combined with the fact that the Monongahela and the Allegheny Rivers crested in phase, resulted in the maximum possible crest possible at the…

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Flash Flood

Washington, PA · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Fayette, PA · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Flash Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Armstrong, PA · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Flash Flood$225K damage

Crawford, PA · May 28, 2017

A warm front lifted across the region on the afternoon of Sunday the 28th. Convection developed along and behind this feature. The most intense storms and concentration was along the lake breeze boundary extending from Cleveland eastward.

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Flash Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Jul 1, 2025

A mid-level trough, embedded shortwaves, and jet exit region dynamics provided necessary lift within an environment characterized by 1.7-1.9 precipitable water values to produce heavy, slow moving showers and thunderstorms that resulted in instances of flash flooding across…

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Erie, PA · Nov 5, 2017

A cold front moved across the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes on the afternoon of Sunday, November 5th, 2017. Unseasonably warm and humid air was in place across the region ahead of the front.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Bradford, PA · Jul 24, 2017

A stationary front poised in the vicinity of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania was the focus for very warm and moist atmospheric conditions across the region.

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Flash Flood

Bradford, PA · Jul 10, 2024

A warm front helped to focus the remnants of tropical cyclone Beryl which brought steady rainfall and embedded thunderstorms to the region. A cold front then brought a second round of thunderstorms in the evening.

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Flash Flood

Susquehanna, PA · Aug 18, 2023

Slow-moving low pressure over Northeast Pennsylvania was the focus for a constant stream of heavy rain-producing thunderstorms during the overnight hours. A quick rainfall of 2.5 to 3.5 inches caused swollen streams and areas of flooding.

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Flash Flood$8.0M damage

Monroe, PA · Sep 18, 2004

The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from the late evening of the 17th through the first half of the day on the 18th in Monroe County.

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Flood$8.0M damage

Monroe, PA · Sep 18, 2004

The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from the late evening of the 17th through the first half of the day on the 18th in Monroe County.

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Flash Flood

Clarion, PA · Jun 17, 2025

The stalled boundary began to lift north during the day on the 17th but remained the focus of diurnal convection. While the front did eventually shift off to the east on the 18th, additional storms were able to fire with the lingering moist airmass as an upper level disturbance…

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Fayette, PA · Jun 17, 2025

The stalled boundary began to lift north during the day on the 17th but remained the focus of diurnal convection. While the front did eventually shift off to the east on the 18th, additional storms were able to fire with the lingering moist airmass as an upper level disturbance…

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