2,274 first-hand accounts of flood events in Pennsylvania, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm complex that developed in conjunction with a strengthening surface low over northern Indiana propagated westward towards the region late on the 12th.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm complex that developed in conjunction with a strengthening surface low over northern Indiana propagated westward towards the region late on the 12th.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm complex that developed in conjunction with a strengthening surface low over northern Indiana propagated westward towards the region late on the 12th.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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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