2,274 first-hand accounts of flood events in Pennsylvania, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A weak frontal system moving through a warm and excessively moist environment triggered thunderstorms with torrential rainfall. These storms were slow moving and produced copious amounts of rain which led to localized flash flooding of roads, small streams and a few residences…
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A weak upper-level shortwave provided the focus for convection to develop across northern Pennsylvania during the afternoon of June 20, 2024. High PWAT values near 2 resulted in locally heavy rainfall beneath these slow-moving storms.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and its associated warm front were slowly progressing through the Ohio valley bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and its associated warm front were slowly progressing through the Ohio valley bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and its associated warm front were slowly progressing through the Ohio valley bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain on already saturated soil caused flooding of streams, low lying areas, roads and basements, especially in the areas of Meadville, Vernon Township and Conneaut Lake (all in Crawford County).
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across the area on June 14th. Rainfall rates were 1 to 2 inches an hour. In Parsons on the northeast side of Wilkes-Barre, several apartment buildings on Woodside Drive flooded. Cars were stuck in the rising waters past their doors.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly moving across the Ohio Valley was the focus for the development of scattered thunderstorms, some of which were severe, through the evening hours of the 16th of April.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system tracked northeast from Kentucky to western New York state during the daylight hours on Thursday the 16th. A large fetch of Gulf and Atlantic moisture was pulled northward ahead of the cold front, which produced a squall line of thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Strong heating of a very moist low level air mass aided severe thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening over the south central mountains and lower Susquehanna valley.
Read the full account →Strong heating of a very moist low level air mass aided severe thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening over the south central mountains and lower Susquehanna valley.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms along a nearly stationary cold front produced locally heavy rainfall in a short duration, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the Lower Susquehanna Valley.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms along a nearly stationary cold front produced locally heavy rainfall in a short duration, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the Lower Susquehanna Valley.
Read the full account →Numerous severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front moving across the Ohio Valley, producing large hail and wind damage across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland.
Read the full account →Three separate mesoscale convective systems moved across Southeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland. Widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and an EF0 tornado occurred during the event.
Read the full account →Three separate mesoscale convective systems moved across Southeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland. Widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and an EF0 tornado occurred during the event.
Read the full account →Three separate mesoscale convective systems moved across Southeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland. Widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and an EF0 tornado occurred during the event.
Read the full account →By 11 AM on 6th, Buffalo Creek flooded east of Saxonburg. Rte 38 near Butler closed. 20 basements were flooded. Mud slides closed routes 28 and 356, after 2 inches of rain.
Read the full account →A strong coastal storm developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, crossed the Florida peninsula, and pushed northward up the East Coast from December 17 through December 19, 2023.
Read the full account →A strong coastal storm developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, crossed the Florida peninsula, and pushed northward up the East Coast from December 17 through December 19, 2023.
Read the full account →A strong coastal storm developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, crossed the Florida peninsula, and pushed northward up the East Coast from December 17 through December 19, 2023.
Read the full account →A low pressure system, moving from the plains to the Ohio Valley, brought widespread rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over western Pennsylvania beginning Saturday March 5th, and lasting through Sunday morning, March 6th.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving slowly across West Virginia produced widespread heavy rain and flooding across northern West Virginia, Garrett county Maryland, and western Pennsylvania.
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