2,274 first-hand accounts of flood events in Pennsylvania, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.
Read the full account →Post Tropical Cyclone Ida brought heavy rain to eastern Pennsylvania on September 1. Rainfall totals were as high as 5 to 10 inches. The heavy rain caused significant flash flooding, mainly in the southeastern part of the state. It resulted in widespread property damage.
Read the full account →Post Tropical Cyclone Ida brought heavy rain to eastern Pennsylvania on September 1. Rainfall totals were as high as 5 to 10 inches. The heavy rain caused significant flash flooding, mainly in the southeastern part of the state. It resulted in widespread property damage.
Read the full account →A quasi-stationary boundary was in place over southwest Pennsylvania on May 24th. Taking advantage of an abundance of moisture and upper shortwave support, showers and thunderstorms developed and tracked along the boundary.
Read the full account →A quasi-stationary boundary was in place over southwest Pennsylvania on May 24th. Taking advantage of an abundance of moisture and upper shortwave support, showers and thunderstorms developed and tracked along the boundary.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front advancing eastward through the Ohio Valley. The storms produced isolated wind damage and several areas of locally heavy rainfall from the late afternoon hours through the overnight period.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front advancing eastward through the Ohio Valley. The storms produced isolated wind damage and several areas of locally heavy rainfall from the late afternoon hours through the overnight period.
Read the full account →A front, which has been lingering north of our area, marched south on July 6th and brought damaging storms and widespread flooding. Sufficiently strong mid-level flow supported damaging wind in some cases. However, the main impacts were from flash flooding.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into Northeast Pennsylvania by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into Northeast Pennsylvania by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Deep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean was fed into Northeast Pennsylvania by low pressure near New York City. This led to areas of moderate to heavy rainfall totaling between 3 to 5 inches of rain with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderate CAPE/weak shear environment during the early evening hours of July 8, 2020. A multi-cell cluster produced wind damage in Sullivan County, and few pulse storms produced wind damage in the Susquehanna Valley.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed in a moderate CAPE/weak shear environment during the early evening hours of July 8, 2020. A multi-cell cluster produced wind damage in Sullivan County, and few pulse storms produced wind damage in the Susquehanna Valley.
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed along a warm front across northern Pennsylvania in the afternoon and evening of the 22nd. With a tropical air mass in place, rainfall became very efficient especially over southern Armstrong and central Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed along a warm front across northern Pennsylvania in the afternoon and evening of the 22nd. With a tropical air mass in place, rainfall became very efficient especially over southern Armstrong and central Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Remnants of tropical storm Cindy interacted with a southward moving cold front in the afternoon of June 23rd. In addition to heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially with saturated antecedent conditions in several locations in southwest PA, severe thunderstorms were also…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed along a warm front across northern Pennsylvania in the afternoon and evening of the 22nd. With a tropical air mass in place, rainfall became very efficient especially over southern Armstrong and central Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.
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