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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

Westmoreland, PA · Sep 10, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon came ashore along the central Gulf Coast on the night of September 4th. The tropical cyclone dissipated over Missouri by the night of September 7th.

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Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Sep 10, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon came ashore along the central Gulf Coast on the night of September 4th. The tropical cyclone dissipated over Missouri by the night of September 7th.

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Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Sep 9, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon came ashore along the central Gulf Coast on the night of September 4th. The tropical cyclone dissipated over Missouri by the night of September 7th.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood

Butler, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood

Butler, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood

Clarion, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood

Forest, PA · Jul 4, 2019

With very moist profiles and little wind shear, the primary concern for the day was heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding potential with thunderstorms. A flash flood watch was issued for a portion of our region, mainly the higher elevations.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Bradford, PA · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Luzerne, PA · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Susquehanna, PA · Aug 21, 2014

A low pressure system located over southern Ontario along with surface boundaries in the vicinity of northeast Pennsylvania resulted in severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Bradford, PA · Jul 23, 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$10K damage

Westmoreland, PA · Jul 28, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 29, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 28, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 28, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Beaver, PA · Jul 28, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Venango, PA · May 28, 2017

Showers and thunderstorms, some of which where severe, developed in a rather unstable environment with modest shear, in the afternoon and evening of the 28th.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Bradford, PA · Sep 7, 2011

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northward from the southern Appalachians on the 6th to the middle Atlantic states on the 7th before stalling on the 8th.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Cumberland, PA · Sep 7, 2011

Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee produced widespread flooding, flash flooding and river flooding mainly near and to the east of the Susquehanna Valley from September 4-10.

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Flood$100K damage

Bucks, PA · May 1, 2014

A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across Eastern Pennsylvania centered on April 30th.

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Flood$100K damage

Bucks, PA · Apr 30, 2014

A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across Eastern Pennsylvania centered on the 30th.

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Flood$10K damage

Clarion, PA · May 28, 2017

Showers and thunderstorms, some of which where severe, developed in a rather unstable environment with modest shear, in the afternoon and evening of the 28th.

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