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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.

Flash Flood$2.0M damage

Indiana, PA · Jan 19, 1996

Major damage occurred along Crook Creek and Two Lick Creek in Homer City, Clymer, and Creekside. Approximately 300 homes sustained substantial basement flooding. Ten homes had water into the first floor. A few businesses were damaged.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Cambria, PA · Sep 2, 2013

A nearly stationary thunderstorm over northern Columbia County produced heavy rain and localized flash flooding during the early morning hours on the 2nd. The flooding was confined to the Sugarloaf Township/Benton area.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Beaver, PA · Jun 17, 2009

A deep upper trough and low pressure moving across the Ohio Valley pushed warm and humid air northward ahead of a cold front moving east with the surface low.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Beaver, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Butler, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jul 10, 2013

A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.

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Flood$75K damage

Washington, PA · Jun 20, 2011

A stalled frontal boundary was the focus for showers and thunderstorms to develop and train across portions of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania producing flash flooding and flooding.

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Flood$75K damage

Washington, PA · Jun 20, 2011

A stalled frontal boundary was the focus for showers and thunderstorms to develop and train across portions of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania producing flash flooding and flooding.

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Flood$478K damage

Jefferson, PA · Sep 17, 2004

At 538 PM EDT on 17th, roads flooded, in Warsaw Twp, 7 miles north of Brookville after 3.3 inches of rain. By 6 PM, there was widespread road and stream flooding. At least 5 people were rescued from their vehicles. By 8 PM, Rockdale had 4" of rain.

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Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Jun 13, 2013

A thunderstorm complex that developed in conjunction with a strengthening surface low over northern Indiana propagated westward towards the region late on the 12th.

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Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jun 26, 2013

An outflow boundary situated over interstate 80 became the focus for thunderstorm development as several upper level disturbances rounded a flattening ridge over the plains.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Allegheny, PA · Aug 8, 1996

Major flash flooding occurred in the South Hills section of Pittsburgh, along Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Route 88, where flood waters quickly rose up to 5 feet deep. Seven cars were stranded. A nearby auto service business was flooded.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Fayette, PA · May 5, 2017

Low pressure moving across the Upper Ohio Valley helped initiate showers and storms, some of which produced heavy rain, gusty wind, and isolated large hail across the region on the 5th.

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Flood$10K damage

Armstrong, PA · May 5, 2017

Low pressure moving across the Upper Ohio Valley helped initiate showers and storms, some of which produced heavy rain, gusty wind, and isolated large hail across the region on the 5th.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jun 15, 2017

Moist antecedent conditions in conjunction with a passing shortwave helped to produce yet another round of thunderstorms with heavy rain across southwestern Pennsylvania. Southern Allegheny county, Pennsylvania was hardest hit, once again.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Bradford, PA · Mar 10, 2011

A low pressure system moved northeast from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes and strengthened. Heavy rain moved into northeast Pennsylvania late in the evening on the 10th, and continued into the overnight hours on the 11th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Indiana, PA · Jun 14, 2015

Thunderstorms developed along a wavy frontal boundary across parts of eastern Ohio and much of southwest Pennsylvania the afternoon of the 14th into the early morning of the 15th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Allegheny, PA · Jun 14, 2015

Thunderstorms developed along a wavy frontal boundary across parts of eastern Ohio and much of southwest Pennsylvania the afternoon of the 14th into the early morning of the 15th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Armstrong, PA · Jun 14, 2015

Thunderstorms developed along a wavy frontal boundary across parts of eastern Ohio and much of southwest Pennsylvania the afternoon of the 14th into the early morning of the 15th.

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