Flash Flood, Berkshire
- When
- July 13, 11:30 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Town of Pittsfield
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Massachusetts, July 13, 1996
The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across Berkshire County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
The remnants of Hurricane Bertha tracked from the Mid-Atlantic region northeast to Quebec, Canada between Saturday morning July 13 to Sunday morning July 14. Three to five inches of rain was common across Berkshire County. Roads and streams were flooded throughout the county, especially in the Towns of Lenox, Pittsfield and Great Barrington. Scattered power outages also occurred across Berkshire County, when strong winds downed water-laden tree branches onto wires.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Tropical Storm in New Jersey, July 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 13, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581473.