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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$10K damage

Luzerne, PA · Aug 28, 2011

Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and high winds from northeast Pennsylvania to the Catskill Mountains of New York from Saturday evening the 27th to Sunday afternoon the 28th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Wyoming, PA · Aug 28, 2011

Hurricane Irene brought heavy rains and high winds from northeast Pennsylvania to the Catskill Mountains of New York from Saturday evening the 27th to Sunday afternoon the 28th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Bradford, PA · Apr 25, 2011

A slow moving warm front pushed northward across northeast Pennsylvania late in the afternoon on April 25th. A warm and relatively moist air mass covered the region, with showers and storms developing, especially in the unstable air south of the frontal boundary, where breaks in…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Bradford, PA · Apr 25, 2011

A slow moving warm front pushed northward across northeast Pennsylvania late in the afternoon on April 25th. A warm and relatively moist air mass covered the region, with showers and storms developing, especially in the unstable air south of the frontal boundary, where breaks in…

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Flash Flood

Beaver, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Beaver, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 20, 2023

The passage of a warm front during the morning of July 20th provided a moist and unstable air mass. A strong, progressive upper trough tracked southeastward from the Great Lakes, with an associated cold front crossing during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Allegheny, PA · Jul 2, 2023

Rainfall during the previous day, plus during the morning of July 2nd, kept the ground saturated. An early afternoon break in rainfall was followed by additional thunderstorm development in western and central Ohio by late afternoon.

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Flood$10K damage

Lawrence, PA · Mar 10, 2011

A deepening low pressure system, originating from the southern plains, moved towards the western Great Lakes on Wednesday March 9th. A wintry mix of precipitation changed over to all rain as the warm front associated with this system pushed across the region on Wednesday…

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Centre, PA · Jul 28, 2023

A cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed over south-central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of July 28, 2023, just south of a frontal boundary that was draped from northwest to southeast across Pennsylvania.

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Flood

Delaware, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Chester, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Philadelphia, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Montgomery, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Philadelphia, PA · Dec 18, 2023

A strengthening coastal low pressure system brought several rounds of rain to the region Sunday night into Monday (December 17-18th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.50 inches up to 7.00 inches.

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Montgomery, PA · Dec 18, 2023

A strengthening coastal low pressure system brought several rounds of rain to the region Sunday night into Monday (December 17-18th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.50 inches up to 7.00 inches.

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Bucks, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Chester, PA · Dec 27, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Lehigh, PA · Dec 28, 2023

A coastal surface low moved north/northeastward on Wednesday night into Thursday (December 27-28th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.00 inches up to 3.00 inches. The heaviest rains fell west of the I-95 corridor.

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Lehigh, PA · Dec 18, 2023

A strengthening coastal low pressure system brought several rounds of rain to the region Sunday night into Monday (December 17-18th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.50 inches up to 7.00 inches.

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Flood

Philadelphia, PA · Dec 18, 2023

A strengthening coastal low pressure system brought several rounds of rain to the region Sunday night into Monday (December 17-18th). Total rainfall amounts across the forecast area varied from about 1.50 inches up to 7.00 inches.

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