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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

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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Flood

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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Flood

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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Flood

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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Flood

Berks, 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

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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Flood

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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Flood

Chester, 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

Bucks, 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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Tropical Storm$10K damage

Philadelphia, PA · Aug 27, 2011

Irene produced heavy flooding rain, tropical storm force wind gusts with hundreds of thousands of outages, moderate tidal flooding along the Delaware River and one flooding related death in Eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend of August 27th and 28th.

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Flash Flood

Westmoreland, PA · Jun 15, 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$50K damage

Berks, PA · Aug 13, 2011

A series of thunderstorms preceding a cold front dropped three to six inches of rain across sections of Berks County, the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and its nearby suburbs.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lehigh, PA · Aug 13, 2011

A series of thunderstorms preceding a cold front dropped three to six inches of rain across sections of Berks County, the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and its nearby suburbs.

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Flash Flood

Erie, PA · Jun 6, 2013

A week after a flash flood even in eastern Erie County, another heavy rain event came through with 3 to 5 inches of rain. The hardest hit areas were Summit, McKean, and Greene Townships in eastern Erie County.

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Flood

Allegheny, 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

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 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

Beaver, PA · Jun 25, 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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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$20K damage

Mercer, PA · Jul 28, 1999

On July 28th, thunderstorms produced a macroburst which blew across portions of Western Pennsylvania. the macroburst started at around 9 AM EST and marched across the region through the late morning hours.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Greene, PA · Feb 18, 2000

Widespread heavy rains of between 2.0 and 3.0 inches fell across southwest Pennsylvania on February 18th. This rain fell onto ground that was already nearly saturated from heavy rainfall a few days earlier.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Fayette, PA · Feb 18, 2000

Widespread heavy rains of between 2.0 and 3.0 inches fell across southwest Pennsylvania on February 18th. This rain fell onto ground that was already nearly saturated from heavy rainfall a few days earlier.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Erie, PA · Aug 7, 2007

A frontal boundary stretched from west to east across the region during the early morning hours of the 7th. This frontal boundary was associated with an area of low pressure centered over the plains states.

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Flood$20K damage

Bradford, PA · Mar 28, 2005

A strong Atlantic coast storm brought heavy rain with amounts between 1 and 3 inches on the 28th. In addition, snowmelt was causing elevated river flows before the rain started late on the 27th. Water equivalent of the snowmelt was a few more inches.

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